CVE-2005-4807
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-08-18 19:55Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3a2972df1c4fec837d444c6f0a084cb52c36b05e28d46991361ebe7b70447749
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.osvdb.org27960http://www.osvdb.org/27960
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-336-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-336-1
- secunia.com21508http://secunia.com/advisories/21508
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99464
- www.securityfocus.com19555http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19555
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3307http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3307
- secunia.com21530http://secunia.com/advisories/21530
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- binutils Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- binutils Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- binutils Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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