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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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