A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Impacted is the function _bfd_write_merged_section of the file bfd/merge.c of the component Section Merge. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
History

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 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Description A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Impacted is the function _bfd_write_merged_section of the file bfd/merge.c of the component Section Merge. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
Title GNU Binutils Section Merge merge.c _bfd_write_merged_section 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': 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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-09-14T22:30:16.949Z

Updated: 2026-09-15T19:11:01.185Z

Reserved: 2026-09-13T19:21:30.799Z

Link: CVE-2026-90830

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T19:10:56.372Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-14T23:18:59.620

Modified: 2026-09-16T15:28:03.553

Link: CVE-2026-90830

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-14T22:30:16Z

Links: CVE-2026-90830 - Bugzilla