MEDIUMVulnerability
CVE-2026-6845
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.
Properties
- severity
- MEDIUM
- score
- 5
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-6845
- vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- published_at
- 2026-04-22T09:16:27.373
- last_modified
- 2026-08-26T19:16:56.050
Related Entities (10)
DESCRIBED_BY (1)
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AFFECTS_PRODUCT (8)
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HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]NULL Pointer Dereference
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