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Vulnerability details: VCID-q536-r2xm-aaah
Vulnerability ID VCID-q536-r2xm-aaah
Aliases CVE-2017-12448
Summary The bfd_cache_close function in bfd/cache.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a heap use after free and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted nested archive file. This issue occurs because incorrect functions are called during an attempt to release memory. The issue can be addressed by better input validation in the bfd_generic_archive_p function in bfd/archive.c.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-12448.html
cvssv3 7.0 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12448.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483581
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12448
cvssv2 4.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 5.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12448
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12448
generic_textual Low https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21787
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-12448.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12448.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12448
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12448
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21787
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
1483581 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483581
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-12448 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12448
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12448.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12448
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12448
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.69084
EPSS Score 0.00628
Published At May 11, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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