CVE 4.8 MEDIUM

GNU Binutils Linker elfxx-x86.c _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections out-of-bounds_CVE-2025-11494

4.8 / 10
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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-11494
Source VulDB
Published Oct 8, 2025 at 19:32
Modified Oct 8, 2025 at 19:42

Affected Product

Vendor GNU
Product Binutils
Version 2.45
Affected Versions GNU Binutils 2.45

CWE Classification

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