CVE-2017-12799: GNU Binutils

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29 only

Published 2017-08-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.