CVE-2025-11494

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.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW
CVSS v2.0 1.7 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

1.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16389	Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a	Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327619	Permissions Required VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.327619	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.668281	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-10-08 20:15

Updated : 2025-10-14 15:27

NVD link : CVE-2025-11494

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11494

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11494

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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