CVE-2021-3487

Public on 2021-04-15
Modified on 2024-02-29
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
HAQM Linux 1 binutils No Fix Planned
HAQM Linux 2 - Core binutils Pending Fix
HAQM Linux 2023 binutils Not Affected
HAQM Linux 2 - Core gcc10-binutils 2021-09-08 ALAS2-2021-1702 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
HAQM Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H