CVE-2021-3549
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–7.1
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affected products (6)
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references (11)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1960717cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168081/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202208-30.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-30cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2022010708cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6519988cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1960717enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-30enisa_euvd
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