A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 1.9 · gnuNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 11
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16118 Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050 Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050#c2 Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b Broken Link
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.316244 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.316244 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.614375 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
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050 Broken Link