A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function bfd_elf_get_str_section of the file bfd/elf.c of the component BFD Library. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530. 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:2.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 10
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15680 Exploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109#c2 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530 Mailing List
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317812 Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.317812 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.621878 Exploit, 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