CVE-2005-4807

GNU BinUtils 2.1x - GAS Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Stack-based buffer overflow in the as_bad function in messages.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050721 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .c file with crafted inline assembly code.

A stack-based buffer overflow in messages.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050721 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .c file with crafted inline assembly code. A buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-12-31 CVE Published
2006-08-18 CVE Reserved
2013-09-20 First Exploit
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-07-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.osvdb.org/27960	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28397	2013-09-20
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19555	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99464	2020-04-01
http://secunia.com/advisories/21508	2020-04-01
http://secunia.com/advisories/21530	2020-04-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-336-1	2020-04-01

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Binutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils"				< 2.17 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" and version " < 2.17"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				5.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "5.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				5.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "5.10"		-		Affected