Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-BINUTILS-20074813
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-90831  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for binutils.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the _bfd_elf_strtab_delref function. An attacker can cause memory corruption and potentially lead to system instability or unexpected behavior by manipulating the ELF String Table component.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1