{"id":"CVE-2026-3442","title":"A flaw was found in GNU Binutils","summary":"A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This vulnerability, a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically an out-of-bounds read, exists in the bfd linker component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to process a specially crafte…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"gnu","product":"binutils","affected":["binutils","openshift_container_platform = 4.0","enterprise_linux = 6.0","enterprise_linux = 7.0","enterprise_linux = 8.0","enterprise_linux = 9.0","enterprise_linux = 10.0"],"published":"2026-03-16","updated":"2026-06-30","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3442","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33527","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3442","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443828","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00255,"epssPercentile":0.17344,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-01T03:50:34.525Z","slug":"CVE-2026-3442","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This vulnerability, a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically an out-of-bounds read, exists in the bfd linker component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to process a specially crafted malicious XCOFF object file. Successful exploitation may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information or cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level denial of service.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `binutils`\n- `openshift_container_platform = 4.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 6.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 7.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 8.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 9.0`\n- `enterprise_linux = 10.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":34,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":33.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}