CVE-2017-12967

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Published 2017-08-19 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12967.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21962

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.29-5`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.29-5`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.29-5`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.29-5`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.29-5`
sles		affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	binutils	`2.29`

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.