CVE-2026-90801
A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This impacts the function cache_bwrite of the file bfd/cache.c of the component ld. The manipulation of the argument nbytes results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 6.6 Medium
- Status
- Analyzed - cna@vuldb.com
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-09-14
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119, CWE-120
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/Heap-buffer-overflow%20in%20%60cache_bwrite%60%20(bfdcache.c436)%20via…
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34442
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90801
- https://vuldb.com/submit/920276
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403303
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403303/cti
- https://www.gnu.org/
