Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.37-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675761
  • published26 May 2021
  • disclosed26 May 2021

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2021-3549  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.37-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out of bounds flaw was found in GNU binutils objdump utility version 2.36. An attacker could use this flaw and pass a large section to avr_elf32_load_records_from_section() probably resulting in a crash or in some cases memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS Scores

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