CVE-2026-6846

April 22, 2026, 9:23 p.m.

7.8
High

Description

A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Gnu
  • Binutils
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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().

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a gnu binutils / / / / / / / /

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6846
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460006

Tags

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CWE-122
2026-04-22
CVE-2026-6846

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: April 22, 2026, 9:16 a.m.
Last Modified: April 22, 2026, 9:23 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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