CVE-2021-45078

Published: 15 December 2021

stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.

Priority

Negligible

CVSS 3 base score: 7.8

Status

Notes

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45078
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28694
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=161e87d12167b1e36193385485c1f6ce92f74f02
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5341-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

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