CVE-2026-90828
4.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Summary
A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This vulnerability affects the function elf_orphan_compatible of the file ld/ldelf.c of the component ELF Orphan Section Handler. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNU | Binutils | 2.47 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
- CWE-404: Denial of Service
References
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90828
- https://vuldb.com/submit/925227
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34450
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16882
- https://www.gnu.org/
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