CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-91781

LowCVSS 3.3
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47 in the function elf_x86_64_common_section_index in bfd/elf64-x86-64.c, leading to a null pointer dereference. The attack requires local access, and the exploit is public.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can cause a program crash or exploit the bug for unauthorized actions if binutils processes malicious ELF files.

Recommendation

Upgrade GNU Binutils to version 2.48 or later, which includes the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected is the function elf_x86_64_common_section_index of the file bfd/elf64-x86-64.c of the component ELF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 7322e9bc30cb282575a701c307851fd3d66fee68. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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