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CVE-2024-53589

binutils: objdump: buffer Overflow in the BFD library's handling of tekhex format files

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.6

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 5, 2024

Updated · August 31, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in GNU Binutils’ objdump utility when processing tekhex format files. During format identification, the vulnerability occurs in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library’s tekhex parser. A specially crafted tekhex file, when processed by objdump, may trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a denial of service or other undefined behavior.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read