Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected is the function elf_link_add_object_symbols of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 2.46 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Affected products
gnu: binutils
References10
- sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=72efdf166aa0… Patch
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33452 ExploitIssue Tracking
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33456#c10 ExploitIssue Tracking
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33452 ExploitIssue Tracking
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16362 Broken Link
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.327349 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?id.327349 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?submit.665587 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?submit.665590
- www.gnu.org/ Product
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N/VI:N/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: 13 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-119CWE-125
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