CVE-2021-3549

HIGH

GNU binutils objdump <2.36 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An out of bounds flaw was found in GNU binutils objdump utility version 2.36. An attacker could use this flaw and pass a large section to avr_elf32_load_records_from_section() probably resulting in a crash or in some cases memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well as system availability.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1960717
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-30

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 57.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils 2.36
Published May 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026