CVE-2017-12458: GNU Binutils

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The nlm_swap_auxiliary_headers_in function in bfd/nlmcode.h 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 nlm file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: up to and including 2.29

Published 2017-08-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.