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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.1 Medium

CVE-2026-3442

Binutils: gnu binutils: information disclosure or denial of service via out-of-bounds read in bfd linker

Description

A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This vulnerability, a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically an out-of-bounds read, exists in the bfd linker component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to process a specially crafted malicious XCOFF object file. Successful exploitation may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information or cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level denial of service.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Default version status: affected

  • 2.45.1-5.1.hum1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Default version status: affected

  • 2.46.1-1.hum1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: unaffected

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