VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-45078

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-12-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references