Updated: 2025-08-20 03:10:42.662622
Description:
readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 writes to illegal addresses while processing corrupt input files containing symbol-difference relocations, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | MEDIUM | 4.3 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | MEDIUM | 5.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2021-11-02 21:02:48 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| CloudLinux 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2021-11-02 21:02:48 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| Oracle Linux 6 ELS | binutils | 2.20 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Ignored | 2021-11-02 21:02:48 | Ignored due to low severity | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | binutils | 2.26 | 5.5 | MEDIUM | Released | CLSA-2021:1635459139 | 2021-11-02 21:02:48 |