CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-6845

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-22 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-04-22
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the `readelf` utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. The exploitation of this flaw can lead to the system becoming unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption or a program crash.

Affected configurations

• gnu binutils • redhat hardened images • redhat openshift container platform 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References