CVE-2026-90829

medium

Description

A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47. This issue affects the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c of the component SHT_GROUP Section Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

References

https://www.gnu.org/

https://vuldb.com/vuln/403331/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/403331

https://vuldb.com/submit/925228

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90829

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34451

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16883

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00152