CVE-2026-90830

MEDIUM 5.3

GNU Binutils Section Merge merge.c _bfd_write_merged_section null pointer dereference

CVSS Score

5.3

EPSS Score

0.2%

EPSS Percentile

5th

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.

CWE	CWE-476 CWE-404
Vendor	gnu
Product	binutils
Published	Sep 14, 2026
Last Updated	Sep 15, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

GNU / Binutils

2.47

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/403332 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/403332/cti vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90830 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/submit/925229 sourceware.org: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34452 sourceware.org: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16884 gnu.org: https://www.gnu.org/

Credits

🔍 wsstssw (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team