GHSA-c6m3-55h6-cpq4

GHSA-c6m3-55h6-cpq4 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

The alpha_vms_object_p function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause an out of bounds heap write and possibly achieve code execution via a crafted vms alpha file.

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 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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