Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.37-7ubuntu1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-BINUTILS-2784824
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 26 May 2021
Introduced: 26 May 2021
CVE-2021-3549 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 binutils to version 2.37-7ubuntu1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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.