CVE-2025-1181: low-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils
GNU Binutils ld elflink.c _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec memory corruption
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8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 2.3epss 0.7%
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This vulnerability affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24. 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 · BinutilsRelated CVEs — GNU Binutils
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2025-1153LOWGNU Binutils format.c bfd_set_format memory corruptionEPSS 1.4%CVE-2025-1178MEDIUMGNU Binutils ld libbfd.c bfd_putl64 memory corruptionEPSS 0.8%CVE-2025-0840MEDIUMGNU Binutils objdump.c disassemble_bytes stack-based overflowEPSS 0.7%CVE-2025-1180LOWGNU Binutils ld elf-eh-frame.c _bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame memory corruptionEPSS 0.7%CVE-2025-1176LOWGNU Binutils ld elflink.c _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec heap-based overflowEPSS 0.7%CVE-2025-1147LOWGNU Binutils nm nm.c internal_strlen buffer overflowEPSS 0.7%
References
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0007/https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15918https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32643https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295084https://vuldb.com/?id.295084https://vuldb.com/?submit.495402https://www.gnu.org/