THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-6844 (MEDIUM 5.5) — A flaw was found in the `readelf` utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion (CWE-400), can lead t
[NVD] CVE-2026-6844 (MEDIUM 5.5) — A flaw was found in the `readelf` utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion (CWE-400), can lead t
CVE-2026-6844 CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM Published: 2026-04-22T09:16:27.140
A flaw was found in the `readelf` utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion (CWE-400), can lead to an out-of-memory condition. The other, a null point
MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- VulnerabilitiesT1588.006
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-6844cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6844