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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.29% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992916
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed26 Mar 2021

Introduced: 26 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-20284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (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.

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils 2.35.1, where there is a heap-based buffer overflow in _bfd_elf_slurp_secondary_reloc_section in elf.c due to the number of symbols not calculated correctly. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1