HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-6846

A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
7.8
cve_id
CVE-2026-6846
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
published_at
2026-04-22T09:16:27.607
last_modified
2026-08-18T17:17:01.640

Related Entities (9)

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (7)

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HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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