CVE-2025-1176

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS v3 5.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.1 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

5.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15913	Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32636	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814	Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295079	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.295079	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495329	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.gnu.org/	Product
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0007/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-11 06:15

Updated : 2025-04-11 22:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-1176

Mitre link : CVE-2025-1176

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1176

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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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