Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-8709970
  • published11 Feb 2025
  • disclosed11 Feb 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2025-1176  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow when using the -w and --gc-sections options with a specially crafted input file that has a sufficiently long file path.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1