NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-BINUTILS-16300084
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed13 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-6844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for binutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the readelf process. An attacker can cause the process to become unresponsive or crash by enticing a user to execute it on a specially crafted ELF file, resulting in resource exhaustion or a segmentation fault.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1