NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]
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- published24 Sept 2026
- disclosed15 Sept 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 15 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-91781 (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 NULL Pointer Dereference in the elf_x86_64_common_section_index function of the ELF Section Handler component. An attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering a null pointer dereference through local access.