UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3549

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3549
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3549.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3549
Upstream
Published
2021-05-26T21:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T12:56:18.484054Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

An out of bounds flaw was found in GNU binutils objdump utility version 2.36. An attacker could use this flaw and pass a large section to avrelf32loadrecordsfrom_section() probably resulting in a crash or in some cases memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well as system availability.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.37-7ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.37-7ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
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    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3549.json"