usn-7718-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-08-26 17:11
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
binutils vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.\n",
  "id": "USN-7718-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:56Z",
  "published": "2025-08-26T17:11:40Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7718-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7545"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "binutils vulnerability",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7545"
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}



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