GNU Binutils Section Merge merge.c _bfd_write_merged_section null pointer dereference (GNU Binutils)

CVE-2026-90830
MEDIUM 4.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
VulDB
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Impacted is the function _bfd_write_merged_section of the file bfd/merge.c of the component Section Merge. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
  • CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PVulDB
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:RVulDB
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:RVulDB
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:URVulDB
CVSS 4.0LOW 1.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LNVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:PNVD · cna@vuldb.com (Secondary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
GNU · Binutilsaffected 2.47

Sources

SourceLicence
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ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
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