PT-2026-34311 · Binutils · Binutils

Osidb Bzimport · Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-05-20 · CVE-2026-6845

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions binutils (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw in the readelf utility allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. This can lead to a program crash or the system becoming unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6845

ECHO-C7D8-12A5-DC19

OESA-2026-2152

Affected Products

Binutils

References · 13

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6845 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2026-2152 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6845 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-6845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/164212 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2047012170920288696 · Twitter Post
• https://openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2026-2152 · Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2047013587839795313 · Twitter Post