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Gnu Binutils CVEs.

Published CVEs affecting Gnu Binutils, ranked by exploit odds.

282 CVEs · updated 2026-11-06 20:33 UTC

  1. CVE-2006-2362

    Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.3 HIGH 14% exploit odds Fix listed
  2. CVE-2005-4807

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the as_bad function in messages.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050721 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .c file with crafted inline assembly code.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 12% exploit odds Fix listed
  3. CVE-2017-9746

    The disassemble_bytes function in objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of rae insns printing for this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 9% exploit odds Fix listed
  4. CVE-2017-9749

    The *regs* macros in opcodes/bfin-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 9% exploit odds Fix listed
  5. CVE-2017-9742

    The score_opcodes function in opcodes/score7-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 8% exploit odds Fix listed
  6. CVE-2017-9750

    opcodes/rx-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 lacks bounds checks for certain scale arrays, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 8% exploit odds Fix listed
  7. CVE-2017-9756

    The aarch64_ext_ldst_reglist function in opcodes/aarch64-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 8% exploit odds Fix listed
  8. CVE-2017-9747

    The ieee_archive_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler bug.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 8% exploit odds Fix listed
  9. CVE-2017-9748

    The ieee_object_p function in bfd/ieee.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution. NOTE: this may be related to a compiler bug.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 8% exploit odds Fix listed
  10. CVE-2018-12698

    demangle_template in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM) during the "Create an array for saving the template argument values" XNEWVEC call. This can occur during execution of objdump.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 6% exploit odds Fix listed
  11. CVE-2017-14939

    decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, mishandles a length calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, related to read_1_byte.

    Gnu Binutils

    5.5 MEDIUM 6% exploit odds Fix listed
  12. CVE-2018-6323

    The elf_object_p function in elfcode.h in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29.1, has an unsigned integer overflow because bfd_size_type multiplication is not used. A crafted ELF file allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 6% exploit odds No fix listed
  13. CVE-2014-8501

    The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted NumberOfRvaAndSizes field in the AOUT header in a PE executable.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 5% exploit odds No fix listed
  14. CVE-2014-8484

    The srec_scan function in bfd/srec.c in libdbfd in GNU binutils before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a small S-record.

    Gnu Binutils

    5.0 MEDIUM 5% exploit odds No fix listed
  15. CVE-2018-12697

    A NULL pointer dereference (aka SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000) was discovered in work_stuff_copy_to_from in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30. This can occur during execution of objdump.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 5% exploit odds Fix listed
  16. CVE-2017-15938

    dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, miscalculates DW_FORM_ref_addr die refs in the case of a relocatable object file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (find_abstract_instance_name invalid memory read, segmentation fault, and application crash).

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 5% exploit odds Fix listed
  17. CVE-2018-12699

    finish_stab in stabs.c in GNU Binutils 2.30 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write of 8 bytes. This can occur during execution of objdump.

    Gnu Binutils

    9.8 CRITICAL 5% exploit odds Fix listed
  18. CVE-2018-20657

    The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 4% exploit odds No fix listed
  19. CVE-2017-6969

    readelf in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read while processing corrupt RL78 binaries. The vulnerability can trigger program crashes. It may lead to an information leak as well.

    Gnu Binutils

    9.1 CRITICAL 4% exploit odds No fix listed
  20. CVE-2012-3509

    Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objalloc_alloc macro in include/objalloc.h in GNU libiberty, as used by binutils 2.22, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the "addition of CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    Gnu Binutils

    5.0 MEDIUM 4% exploit odds Fix listed
  21. CVE-2017-7614

    elflink.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a "member access within null pointer" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an "int main() {return 0;}" program.

    Gnu Binutils

    9.8 CRITICAL 4% exploit odds Fix listed
  22. CVE-2017-12799

    The elf_read_notesfunction in bfd/elf.c in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  23. CVE-2018-12934

    remember_Ktype in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption (aka OOM). This can occur during execution of cxxfilt.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  24. CVE-2018-10373

    concat_filename in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by nm-new.

    Gnu Binutils

    6.5 MEDIUM 3% exploit odds No fix listed
  25. CVE-2021-20294

    A flaw was found in binutils readelf 2.35 program. An attacker who is able to convince a victim using readelf to read a crafted file could trigger a stack buffer overflow, out-of-bounds write of arbitrary data supplied by the attacker. The highest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  26. CVE-2017-12967

    The getsym function in tekhex.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a malformed tekhex binary.

    Gnu Binutils

    6.5 MEDIUM 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  27. CVE-2018-13033

    The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.30, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation and application crash) via a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by _bfd_elf_parse_attributes in elf-attrs.c and bfd_malloc in libbfd.c. This can occur during execution of nm.

    Gnu Binutils

    5.5 MEDIUM 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  28. CVE-2017-9751

    opcodes/rl78-decode.opc in GNU Binutils 2.28 has an unbounded GETBYTE macro, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  29. CVE-2017-9755

    opcodes/i386-dis.c in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not consider the number of registers for bnd mode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  30. CVE-2017-9743

    The print_insn_score32 function in opcodes/score7-dis.c:552 in GNU Binutils 2.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  31. CVE-2017-9744

    The sh_elf_set_mach_from_flags function in bfd/elf32-sh.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  32. CVE-2017-9752

    bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file in the _bfd_vms_get_value and _bfd_vms_slurp_etir functions during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  33. CVE-2017-9753

    The versados_mkobject function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  34. CVE-2019-17450

    find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

    Gnu Binutils

    6.5 MEDIUM 3% exploit odds No fix listed
  35. CVE-2017-9754

    The process_otr function in bfd/versados.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, does not validate a certain offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  36. CVE-2017-13710

    The setup_group function in elf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a group section that is too small.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 3% exploit odds No fix listed
  37. CVE-2017-9745

    The _bfd_vms_slurp_etir function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted binary file, as demonstrated by mishandling of this file during "objdump -D" execution.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 3% exploit odds Fix listed
  38. CVE-2018-20712

    A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function d_expression_1 in cp-demangle.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by c++filt.

    Gnu Binutils

    6.5 MEDIUM 3% exploit odds No fix listed
  39. CVE-2017-7227

    GNU linker (ld) in GNU Binutils 2.28 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow while processing a bogus input script, leading to a program crash. This relates to lack of '\0' termination of a name field in ldlex.l.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  40. CVE-2017-7226

    The pe_ILF_object_p function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read of size 4049 because it uses the strlen function instead of strnlen, leading to program crashes in several utilities such as addr2line, size, and strings. It could lead to information disclosure as well.

    Gnu Binutils

    9.1 CRITICAL 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  41. CVE-2018-18483

    The get_count function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (malloc called with the result of an integer-overflowing calculation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by c++filt.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 2% exploit odds No fix listed
  42. CVE-2017-7225

    The find_nearest_line function in addr2line in GNU Binutils 2.28 does not handle the case where the main file name and the directory name are both empty, triggering a NULL pointer dereference and an invalid write, and leading to a program crash.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  43. CVE-2017-7302

    The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has a swap_std_reloc_out function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to an invalid read (of size 4) because of missing checks for relocs that could not be recognised. This vulnerability causes Binutils utilities like strip to crash.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  44. CVE-2021-3530

    A flaw was discovered in GNU libiberty within demangle_path() in rust-demangle.c, as distributed in GNU Binutils version 2.36. A crafted symbol can cause stack memory to be exhausted leading to a crash.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  45. CVE-2019-17451

    An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as demonstrated by nm.

    Gnu Binutils

    6.5 MEDIUM 2% exploit odds No fix listed
  46. CVE-2017-7300

    The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read (off-by-one) because of an incomplete check for invalid string offsets while loading symbols, leading to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  47. CVE-2017-7301

    The Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.28, has an aout_link_add_symbols function in bfd/aoutx.h that has an off-by-one vulnerability because it does not carefully check the string offset. The vulnerability could lead to a GNU linker (ld) program crash.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.5 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  48. CVE-2017-15996

    elfcomm.c in readelf in GNU Binutils 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file that triggers a "buffer overflow on fuzzed archive header," related to an uninitialized variable, an improper conditional jump, and the get_archive_member_name, process_archive_index_and_symbols, and setup_archive functions.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.8 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  49. CVE-2005-4808

    Buffer overflow in reset_vars in config/tc-crx.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050714 allows user-assisted attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted .s file.

    Gnu Binutils

    7.6 HIGH 2% exploit odds Fix listed
  50. CVE-2019-14250

    An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

    Gnu Binutils

    5.5 MEDIUM 2% exploit odds No fix listed

All CVEs affecting Gnu Binutils that appear in CVE.org and NVD, sorted by how likely they are to be exploited (EPSS), with fix status and timeline.