binutils: Out-of-Bounds Read in XCOFF Relocation Processing in GNU Binutils BFD Library

A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files, where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can caus...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6844

A flaw was found in the readelf utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service DoS vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format ELF file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion CWE-400, can lead to an out-of-memory...

CVE-2026-4647

A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files, where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can caus...

Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input through the processing of crafted DWARF debug information in objdump. An attacker can cause a denial of service by supplying specially crafted input files. Remediation...

K44650639: Binutils vulnerability CVE-2019-9076

Security Advisory Description An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in elfreadnotes in elf.c. CVE-2019-9076 Impact There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by this...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9076

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in elfreadnotes in elf.c...

CVE-2019-9073

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in bfdelfslurpversiontables in elf.c...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19931

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfdelf32swapphdrin in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17359

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. An invalid memory access exists in bfdzalloc in opncls.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted ELF file...

GNU Binutils Binary File Descriptor Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNU Binutils a.k.a. GNU Binary Utilities or binutils is a set of programming language utilities developed by the GNU Project to work with object files in a variety of formats, with connectors, assemblers, and other tools for object files and archives.The Binary File Descriptor BFD library a.k.a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15023

readformattedentries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, does not properly validate the format count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and application crash via a crafted ELF file...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14933

readformattedentries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via a crafted ELF file...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9754

The processotr function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a certain offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service buffer overflow and application crash or possibly have unspecified...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8392

The Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 8 because of missing a check to determine whether symbols are NULL in the bfddwarf2findnearestline function. This vulnerability causes programs that conduct an analysis...