ANT-2026-3M3723P3 · binutils

heap-buffer-overflow medium

Severity Claude medium · Security research firm medium · Maintainer -

Discovered by Claude Mythos Preview

REPORT

Anthropic's analysis, sealed at approval. Disclosure to the maintainer was performed by Trail of Bits.

ANT-2026-3M3723P3: Heap buffer overflow in FR30 ELF relocation processing via missing bounds check

A missing bounds check in FR30 ELF relocation processing allows a heap buffer overflow.

Target

Project: binutils
Discovery: static analysis — not yet dynamically reproduced

Reproduction

This finding was identified by static analysis and has not yet been dynamically reproduced. A trigger input is not included.

[No reproducer or sanitizer output attached — request from security-cvd@anthropic.com if needed.]

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, and triaged by the Anthropic security team in collaboration with Anthropic Research. Please direct questions to security-cvd@anthropic.com and reference ANT-2026-3M3723P3.

Reference: ANT-2026-3M3723P3
Anthropic CVD Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/coordinated-vulnerability-disclosure

SECURITY RESEARCH FIRM ANALYSIS

Triage and disclosure were performed by Trail of Bits.

Verdict
true positive
Severity
medium
TIMELINE

Dates from discovery through public reveal.

  1. 2026-03-29 Reported to tracker
  2. 2026-04-09 Sent to maintainer
  3. 2026-05-09 Maintainer acknowledged
  4. 2026-05-23 Patch released
  5. 2026-08-17 Publicly revealed
PROVENANCE

SHA-3-512 hash:

42cd969d4865e041562a8d957736ff0cc183028afa276fe2c00bacc176f9688290161509560654ac2dd9dfd2336ef819e410ac441f8702117e5e99f8228b3bb6

Committed 2026-04-09 11:49 PT

Revealed 2026-08-17 13:02 PT

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