A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.45. This issue affects the function dump_dwarf_section of the file binutils/objdump.c. Performing manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 1.9 · gnuNVD modified 2026-10-09 10:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623354/hdf5_crash_3.txt Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406#c2 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b Patch
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326122 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.326122 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.661275 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/ Product