In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file.
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Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-08-27. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file.
August 26, 2022
November 21, 2024
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | binutils (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | binutils-static (2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6) @ trusty | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
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In GNU Binutils before 2.40 there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file.
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