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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-BINUTILS-20074823
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-90802  (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 in the bfd_putl64 function of the ld component when processing malformed ELF files. An attacker can cause a crash or potentially impact integrity and availability by supplying specially crafted input to trigger a null pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1