Updated: 2026-02-27 02:52:29.748575
Description:
The _bfd_vms_slurp_egsd function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an arbitrary memory read via a crafted vms alpha file.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | MEDIUM | 6.8 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | HIGH | 7.8 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2021:1638803819 | 2022-05-05 12:02:56 | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | 2021-12-06 11:55:34 | ||
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2021:1637770725 | 2021-11-24 13:55:28 | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | binutils | 2.26 | 7.8 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2021:1635459139 | 2021-11-02 21:02:48 |