Description
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)
Low
Integrity (Vulnerable System)
Low
Availability (Vulnerable System)
Low
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)
None
Integrity (Subsequent System)
None
Availability (Subsequent System)
None
E
Physical
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
E
Physical
RL
O
RC
Changed
Affected products
- gnu / Binutils2.45 – 2.45
References
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?id.326124
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326124
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?submit.661277
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16353
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490
- MISChttps://www.gnu.org/