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CVE-2026-6845
medium 5.0
A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the `readelf` utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. The exploitation of this flaw can lead to the system becoming unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption or a program crash.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- Weakness
- CWE-476
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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