CVE-2025-11494
GNU Binutils Linker elfxx-x86.c _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections out-of-bounds
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Oct 8, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 8, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 1.7 Low | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C | VulDB |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BinutilsGNU |
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References
- VDB-327619 | GNU Binutils Linker elfxx-x86.c _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections out-of-boundsvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-327619 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #668281 | GNU Binutils 2.45 Out-of-Bounds Readthird-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16389exploit
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60apatch
- https://www.gnu.org/product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
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