Description
A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".
Affected products
gnu: binutils
References9
- sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea1a0737c769… Patch
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464 ExploitIssue Tracking
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464#c2 ExploitIssue Tracking
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16358 Broken Link
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.326123 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?id.326123 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?submit.661276 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.gnu.org/ Product
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 4.0
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1.9
LOW
Score source: CNA
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 18 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-119CWE-122
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