Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.08% (34th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-BINUTILS-404072
- published 4 Aug 2017
- disclosed 4 Aug 2017
Introduced: 4 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12458 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
binutils
to version 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils
package and not the binutils
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
The nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in function in bfd/nlmcode.h 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 nlm file.