CVE-2005-4808: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 5.10 only
• GNU Binutils: before 2.17 (fixed in 2.17)

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.