A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5 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 4.8 · gnuNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16010 Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5 Patch
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.310346 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/ Product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html