CVE-2025-1176lowCWE-119CWE-122

CVE-2025-1176: low-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils

GNU Binutils ld elflink.c _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec heap-based overflow

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No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 2.3epss 0.7%
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:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
GNU · Binutils
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