CVE-2025-11083
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".
- CVSS 4.0
- 1.9 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16353Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490Patch
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326124Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.326124Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.661277Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/Product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1Exploit, Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.