Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-4807. PoCs published by Tavis Ormandy.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU binutils GAS (GNU assembler) by injecting shellcode and manipulating the return address to execute arbitrary code. The PoC generates a malicious assembly file that triggers the overflow when processed by the vulnerable assembler.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the as_bad function in messages.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050721 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .c file with crafted inline assembly code.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU binutils GAS (GNU assembler) by injecting shellcode and manipulating the return address to execute arbitrary code. The PoC generates a malicious assembly file that triggers the overflow when processed by the vulnerable assembler.