A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0 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 2026-10-08 13:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16393 Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502#c3 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0 Patch
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327620 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.327620 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.668290 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/ Product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html