PublicDateAtUSN: 2017-08-04 15:29:00 UTC
Candidate: CVE-2017-12455
PublicDate: 2017-08-04 15:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12455
 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21840
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4336-2
Description:
 The evax_bfd_print_emh function in 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 read
 via a crafted vms alpha file.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 mdeslaur> same commit as CVE-2017-12449
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by: Ned Williamson
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_binutils:
 other: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=8bdf0be19d2777565a8b1c88347f65d6a4b8c5fc
 other: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=796337aa8ba0aa0397c07c264f82fe8eb9fd46e0 (v2.29)
upstream_binutils: needs-triage
precise/esm_binutils: ignored (end of ESM support, was needed)
trusty_binutils: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_binutils: needed
vivid/ubuntu-core_binutils: DNE
xenial_binutils: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
esm-infra/xenial_binutils: released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1)
zesty_binutils: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
bionic_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
cosmic_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
disco_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
eoan_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
focal_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
groovy_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
hirsute_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
impish_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
jammy_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)
devel_binutils: not-affected (2.29.1-1ubuntu1)