Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU84095
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46174
CWE-ID:
CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
Exploit availability: No
Description The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the bfd_getl32() function in objdump. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crfated input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write error and perform a denial of service attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsBinutils: 2.37
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28753
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.