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CVE-2026-6846

high 7.8

A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.

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Details

Status
Modified
Published
Last changed
Source
secalert@redhat.com
Weakness
CWE-122

Severity

VersionScoreVectorSource
CVSS 3.1 high 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H secalert@redhat.comSecondary
CVSS 3.1 high 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46cSecondary

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