UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12452

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12452
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12452.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12452
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Published
2017-08-04T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:21Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The bfdmachoi386canonicalizeonereloc function in bfd/mach-o-i386.c 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 mach-o file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu1
2.24-2ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu3
2.24-4ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu2
2.24-5ubuntu3
2.24-5ubuntu3.1
2.24-5ubuntu13
2.24-5ubuntu14
2.24-5ubuntu14.1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6",
            "binary_name": "binutils-static"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.25.1-6ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu3
2.25.51.20151027-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-1ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu2
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu2
2.26-2ubuntu1
2.26-3ubuntu1
2.26-4ubuntu1
2.26-5ubuntu1
2.26-6ubuntu1
2.26-7ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu1
2.26-8ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu2.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.4
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.5
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.7
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-alpha-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-m68k-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-s390x-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-sh4-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1",
            "binary_name": "binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}