Buffer Overflow Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-BINUTILS-20074825
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-90803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the elf_x86_64_relocate_section function due to improper handling of the roff argument. An attacker can achieve unauthorized access to memory and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted input file during the linking process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1