CVE-2026-90830

Summary

A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Impacted is the function _bfd_write_merged_section of the file bfd/merge.c of the component Section Merge. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
GNUBinutils2.47affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
  • CWE-404: Denial of Service

References