High
Security advisory
stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-45078
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699.
osv:CVE-2021-45078
Complete source record
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