CVE-2025-7545

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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=16117	Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33049	Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33049#c1	Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944	Broken Link
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.316243	Permissions Required VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.316243	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.614355	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/	Product
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33049#c1	Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-07-13 22:15

Updated : 2025-07-30 15:59

NVD link : CVE-2025-7545

Mitre link : CVE-2025-7545

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-7545

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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