CVE-2017-12967

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.

Published: 2017-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-12967 is rated Moderate Risk (58.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.10%). EPSS rose +2.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12967

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.00% 3.10% +2.10%
2 2026-03-04 0.64% 1.00% +0.36%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.64% —

Full EPSS history (28 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12967

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12967

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12967

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-12967 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (binutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12967
gentoo normal CVE-2017-12967: 1 GLSA(s) (201801-01), 1 atom(s) (sys-devel/binutils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-12967
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12967
suse medium CVE-2017-12967 severity moderate: SUSE including 6 source package names (binutils, binutils-devel, binutils-devel-32bit, binutils-gold, libctf-nobfd0, libctf0), 65 product×package rows across 24 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (24 product lines)): Known Not Affected 65. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12967/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-12967 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (binutils), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 17, released 2, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12967

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12967

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu binutils 2.29 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-12967

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