Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.17-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (86th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-BINUTILS-403935
  • published31 Dec 2005
  • disclosed31 Dec 2005

Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-4807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 binutils to version 2.17-1 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the as_bad function in messages.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050721 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .c file with crafted inline assembly code.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1