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GHSA-xgmh-4vh7-2fjj

GHSA-xgmh-4vh7-2fjj PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

  • May 14, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)

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