CVE-2025-1179
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".
- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.57% probability · 45th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15915Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640#c1Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295082Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.295082Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.495376Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.