CVE-2025-5244

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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=16010	Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5	Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346	Permissions Required VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.310346	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-05-27 13:15

Updated : 2025-10-03 14:46

NVD link : CVE-2025-5244

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5244

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-5244

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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