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GHSA-pxx9-qghc-qj98
GHSA-pxx9-qghc-qj98
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
There's a flaw in the BFD library of binutils in versions before 2.36. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to an application linked with BFD, and using the DWARF functionality, could cause an impact to system availability by way of excessive memory consumption.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947111 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3Z3KSJY3CLAAFFT7FNFCJOMDITPQGN56 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNBNDMJWZOQYCEZXENHBSM6DBZ332UZZ url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-30 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3487 advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6V2LF5AVOUTHPYY2O5TRNAIXVMXFDGL url