CVE-2025-1149

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW
CVSS v2.0 2.6 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

2.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887	Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295053	Permissions Required VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.295053	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-10 15:15

Updated : 2025-03-04 15:50

NVD link : CVE-2025-1149

Mitre link : CVE-2025-1149

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1149

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-404

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

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