CVE-2005-4808 (GCVE-0-2005-4808)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-08-18 19:55 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:01
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2005-07-14 00:00
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