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CVE-2026-90801

GNU Binutils ld cache.c cache_bwrite buffer overflow

Published: 9/14/2026 Last updated: 9/14/2026 Reserved: 9/13/2026

A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This impacts the function cache_bwrite of the file bfd/cache.c of the component ld. The manipulation of the argument nbytes results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

CNA assigner: VulDB (1af790b2-7ee1-4545-860a-a788eba489b5) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
4.0 1.9 Low CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.1 4.8 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
3.0 4.8 Medium CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
2.0 3.7 Low CVSS:2.0/AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Opam packages affected (3)

bap-std clangml conf-binutils

Products affected (0)

No product listed.

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