CVE-2017-12450 (NVD)

2017-08-04

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.

Products Binutils
Type Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21813