CVE-2017-12455 | GNU binutils up to 2.29 libbfd vms-alpha.c evax_bfd_print_emh out-of-bounds (Nessus ID 220453 / ID 277638)
A vulnerability was found in GNU binutils up to 2.29. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function evax_bfd_print_emh of the file vms-alpha.c of the component libbfd. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-12455. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.