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)
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AFFECTS_PRODUCT (7)
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HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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