Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions <2.37-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.97% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992778
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed26 May 2021

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2021-3549  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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 Base Scores

version 3.1