A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. The affected element is the function _bfd_elf_strtab_delref of the file bfd/elf-strtab.c of the component ELF String Table. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

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Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-787
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Moderate


Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. The affected element is the function _bfd_elf_strtab_delref of the file bfd/elf-strtab.c of the component ELF String Table. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
Title GNU Binutils ELF String Table elf-strtab.c _bfd_elf_strtab_delref memory corruption
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu binutils
Weaknesses CWE-119
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu binutils
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T16:28:23.075Z

Reserved: 2026-09-13T19:21:34.311Z

Link: CVE-2026-90831

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T16:28:18.703Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-14T23:18:59.797

Modified: 2026-09-16T17:18:18.080

Link: CVE-2026-90831

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-14T22:45:16Z

Links: CVE-2026-90831 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T08:00:17Z

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