CVE search · CVE-2026-6844
CVE-2026-6844
medium 5.5
A flaw was found in the `readelf` utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion (CWE-400), can lead to an out-of-memory condition. The other, a null pointer dereference (CWE-476), can cause a segmentation fault. Both issues can result in the `readelf` utility becoming unresponsive or crashing, leading to a denial of service.
Details
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- Weakness
- CWE-400
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
secalert@redhat.comSecondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- gnu · binutils
- redhat · hardened_images
- redhat · openshift_container_platform
- redhat · enterprise_linux
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6844Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460016Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory