CVE-2026-6845

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the readelf utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. The exploitation of this flaw can lead to the system becoming unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption or a program crash.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-476⁠

NULL Pointer Dereference

Impacted images

Advisories

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