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CVE-2021-3487

binutils: Excessive debug section size can cause excessive memory consumption in bfd's dwarf2.c read_section()

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

0

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 26, 2020

Updated · March 3, 2026

Description

There's a flaw in the BFD library of binutils. An attacker who supplies a crafted file to an application linked with BFD, and using the DWARF functionality, could cause an impact to system availability by way of excessive memory consumption.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security does not consider this to be a vulnerability.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling