Out-of-Bounds Heap Read Vulnerability in BFD Library

CVE-2017-12452 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The bfd_mach_o_i386_canonicalize_one_reloc function in bfd/mach-o-i386.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap read via a crafted mach-o file.

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