Security Advisory

CVE-2021-45078

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.
Published Date December 15, 2021
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory