CVE-2025-7545
GNU Binutils objcopy.c copy_section heap-based overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Jul 13, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 12, 2025
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix 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:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 4.3 Medium | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C | VulDB |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BinutilsGNU |
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References
- VDB-316243 | GNU Binutils objcopy.c copy_section heap-based overflowvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-316243 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #614355 | GNU binutils--gdb 2.45 Heap-based Buffer Overflowthird-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33049issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33049#c1issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16117exploit
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944patch
- https://www.gnu.org/product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
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