Description
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Affected products
gnu: binutils
References10
- vuldb.com/?submit.545773 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716 Broken Link
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716#c0 Issue Tracking
- sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ba6ad3a18cb2… Broken Link
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.303151 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
- vuldb.com/?id.303151 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.gnu.org/ Product
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716 Broken Link
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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4.8
MEDIUM
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:X/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: 21 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401CWE-404
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