CVE-2026-90830

Published Sep 14, 2026

Last updated 15 hours ago

Overview

Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Impacted is the function _bfd_write_merged_section of the file bfd/merge.c of the component Section Merge. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
Source
cna@vuldb.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
binutils

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
1.9
Impact score
-
Exploitability score
-
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity
LOW

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.3
Impact score
3.4
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

cna@vuldb.com
CWE-404

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations