CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2017-12449
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.46%
Original NVD Description
The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.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 read via a crafted vms file.
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