Riskcovery

CVE-2025-5244

GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption

State
Published
Severity
4.8 Medium
Published
May 27, 2025
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
May 27, 2025

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Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.04.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulDB
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LVulDB
3.05.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LVulDB
2.04.3 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:PVulDB

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
BinutilsGNU
  • 2.0Affected
  • 2.1Affected
  • 2.2Affected
  • 2.3Affected
  • 2.4Affected
  • 2.5Affected
  • 2.6Affected
  • 2.7Affected
  • 2.8Affected
  • 2.9Affected
  • 2.10Affected
  • 2.11Affected
  • 2.12Affected
  • 2.13Affected
  • 2.14Affected
  • 2.15Affected
  • 2.16Affected
  • 2.17Affected
  • 2.18Affected
  • 2.19Affected
  • 2.20Affected
  • 2.21Affected
  • 2.22Affected
  • 2.23Affected
  • 2.24Affected
  • and 20 more versions

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