CVE-2026-91781CWE-404CWE-476

CVE-2026-91781

Low · published September 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected is the function elf_x86_64_common_section_index of the file bfd/elf64-x86-64.c of the component ELF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 7322e9bc30cb282575a701c307851fd3d66fee68. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
EPSS
0.00175 · 6.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release; CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-09-15T13:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/binutilsall versions—
References (8)
https://vuldb.com/vuln/404052/cti · [email protected]https://www.gnu.org/ · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-91781 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/933336 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/404052 · [email protected]https://github.com/Ech06/CVE_submit/tree/main/bugzilla/pocs/34449 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34449 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7322e9bc30cb282575a701c307851fd3d66fee68 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 15 SEP 08:45Z
    GNU Binutils ELF Section elf64-x86-64.c elf_x86_64_common_section_index null pointer dereference
    cvelistv5