Description
A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack requires local access. 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.
Published: 2026-09-14
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack requires local access. 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.
Title GNU Binutils ld libbfd.c bfd_putl64 null pointer dereference
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu binutils
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu binutils
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 3.2, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T16:30:18.405Z

Reserved: 2026-09-13T15:33:42.169Z

Link: CVE-2026-90802

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-14T17:17:56.800

Modified: 2026-09-14T20:55:24.127

Link: CVE-2026-90802

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