CVE-2025-7546
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
- 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
- 0.18% probability · 8th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16118Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050#c2Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6bBroken Link
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.316244Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.316244Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.614375Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/Product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.