Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.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. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Affected products
gnu: binutils
References9
- sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b6ac5a8a5b82… Patch
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499 ExploitIssue Tracking
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2 ExploitIssue Tracking
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16389 Broken Link
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.327619 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?id.327619 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?submit.668281 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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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
-
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: 12 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-119CWE-125
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