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HistoryApr 08, 2021 - 8:52 p.m.

CVE-2021-3487

2021-04-0820:52:11
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cve-2021-3487
bfd library
binutils
memory consumption
crafted file
dwarf functionality
system availability

AI Score

6.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

25.3%

There’s a flaw in the BFD library of binutils. 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.