Bug 2460012 (CVE-2026-6845) - CVE-2026-6845 binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF file
Summary: CVE-2026-6845 binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF file
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-6845
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2460509 2460510 2460511 2460512 2460514 2460515 2460516 2460513
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-04-21 08:29 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-06 02:24 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-21 08:29:31 UTC 
Two DoS vulnerabilities in readelf 2.46:
1. Resource exhaustion: 1KB crafted ELF triggers 6.3TB allocation (357M relocation entries), OOM kill
2. Null pointer deref: malformed sh_entsize/shoff causes SIGSEGV

Found via AFL++ QEMU-mode fuzzing. PoC files provided. Not disclosed publicly.
Comment 3 maojian 2026-05-06 02:24:51 UTC 
Does this issue affect versions between 2.34 and 2.44? Also, is there an estimated timeline for an upstream fix or patch release?
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