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Medium 5.6Published Jul 27, 2026

CVE-2026-15003Binutils: gnu binutils: heap-buffer-overflow in linker leads to information disclosure and denial of service

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils (Binary Utilities) linker. This vulnerability, a heap-buffer-overflow read (CWE-125), occurs when the linker processes a specially crafted 32-bit XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file. An attacker could exploit this by providing a malicious file, leading to an out-of-bounds read of memory. This can result in information disclosure, potentially revealing sensitive heap data, and a Denial of Service (DoS) due to the linker crashing.

CVSS
5.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-125
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
redhat
NVD analysis
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Sep 1, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
from 2.46.1-1.1.hum1 not affected
CNA record
10
CNA record
4
CNA record

References

References

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