Is CVE-2017-12449 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-12449 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-12449?

CVE-2017-12449 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-12449?

CVE-2017-12449 has an EPSS score of 1.46% (70th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12449?

Upgrade binutils on debian 11 to 2.29-8 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-12449

HIGHEPSS 70th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The _bfd_vms_save_sized_string function in vms-misc.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 vms file.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.29-8CVE-2017-12449

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1USN-4336-2

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1USN-4336-2

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days

70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceware.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.