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CVE-2021-3549
An out of bounds flaw was found in GNU binutils objdump utility version 2.36. An attacker could use this flaw and pass a large section to…
High7.1EPSS 0.97%
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- redhat
Description
An out of bounds flaw was found in GNU binutils objdump utility version 2.36. An attacker could use this flaw and pass a large section to avr_elf32_load_records_from_section() probably resulting in a crash or in some cases memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well as system availability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
binutils
- affected GNU binutils version 2.36
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1960717 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-202208-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250228-0005/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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