CVE-2005-4807 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-4807?

CVE-2005-4807 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 18 Aug 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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 .c file with crafted inline assembly code.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4807?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Binutils.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4807?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-4807 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-4807 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4807, GHSA-f884-r5wp-g6v3.