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osvGoogleOSV:CVE-2017-12448
HistoryAug 04, 2017 - 3:29 p.m.

CVE-2017-12448

2017-08-0415:29:00
Google
osv.dev
7

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

53.4%

The bfd_cache_close function in bfd/cache.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a heap use after free and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted nested archive file. This issue occurs because incorrect functions are called during an attempt to release memory. The issue can be addressed by better input validation in the bfd_generic_archive_p function in bfd/archive.c.