CVE-2005-4808

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in reset_vars in config/tc-crx.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050714 allows user-assisted attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted .s file.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 5.10
GNU Binutils: before 2.17 — fixed in 2.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU Binutils 2.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1069
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-366-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44661
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1069
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-366-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44661

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