CVE-2025-11495mediumCWE-119CWE-122

CVE-2025-11495: medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils

GNU Binutils Linker elf64-x86-64.c elf_x86_64_relocate_section heap-based overflow

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ssvc Trackcvss 4.8epss 0.2%
A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Affected products
GNU · Binutils
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