DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12967

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12967 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a malformed tekhex binary.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	binutils	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	binutils	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Aug 19, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12967 advisory

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