Arbitrary Memory Read Vulnerability in GNU Binutils' BFD Library

CVE-2017-12454 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.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 arbitrary memory read via a crafted vms alpha file.

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