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CVE-2025-66862

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2025-12-29
Updated: 2026-01-14
AI Analysis

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in function gnu_special in file cplus-dem.c in BinUtils 2.26 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted PE file.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-122

Metadata

Primary Vendor
GNU
Published
12/29/2025
Last Modified
1/14/2026
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

gnu : binutils

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