CVE-2026-91781

Published Sep 15, 2026

Last updated 14 hours ago

Overview

Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected is the function elf_x86_64_common_section_index of the file bfd/elf64-x86-64.c of the component ELF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 7322e9bc30cb282575a701c307851fd3d66fee68. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
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:N/VI:N/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
3.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity
LOW

CVSS 2.0

Type
Secondary
Base score
1.7
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

cna@vuldb.com
CWE-404

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations