CVE-2025-11083

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16353	Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490	Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326124	Permissions Required VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.326124	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.661277	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/	Product
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1	Exploit Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-09-27 23:15

Updated : 2025-10-03 16:52

NVD link : CVE-2025-11083

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11083

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11083

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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