7.8

CVE-2017-12457: gnu binutils NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-12457DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12457
Published 04-08-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12457 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2019-0169USN-4336-2

Timeline

  1. 04-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The bfd_make_section_with_flags function in section.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 NULL dereference via a crafted file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.45% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.45%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.29-8
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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