DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12450

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12450
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12450.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12450
Upstream
Published
2017-08-04T15:29:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T16:04:17Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The alpha_vms_object_p 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 out of bounds heap write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted vms alpha file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29-9

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12450.json"

Debian:13 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29-9

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12450.json"

Debian:14 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/binutils?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.29-9

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12450.json"