GHSA-7w52-j2x8-qcp8

GHSA-7w52-j2x8-qcp8 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-7w52-j2x8-qcp8

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