CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-91782

LowCVSS 3.3
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47 in the function elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs in bfd/elfxx-x86.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 (denial of service) or potentially exploit the bug for other purposes if the application uses binutils to process untrusted 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 vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the function elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Dynamic Relocation Allocation. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as d1268210b6f6/471130b39c0/283d3198bed/0a84e560216/a692a633d40. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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