CVE-2026-3442

Published Mar 16, 2026

Last updated 12 hours ago

CVSS medium 6.1

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
binutils, openshift_container_platform, enterprise_linux

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-125

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.