GNU Binutils up to 2.37 stabs.c stab_xcoff_builtin_type heap-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU Binutils up to 2.37. The impacted element is the function stab_xcoff_builtin_type of the file stabs.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-45078. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU Binutils up to 2.37 (Programming Tool Software). This issue affects the function stab_xcoff_builtin_type of the file stabs.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/16/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at sourceware.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-45078 since 12/15/2021. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying the patch 161e87d12167b1e36193385485c1f6ce92f74f02 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sourceware.org.

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Productinfo

Type

• Programming Tool Software

Vendor

• GNU

Name

• Binutils

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.gnu.org/

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