CVE-2025-11494
Published: October 10, 2025Last modified: October 18, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | binutils | Vulnerable (2.39-r2) |
| 25 LTS | binutils | Vulnerable (2.44-r0) | |
| Stream | binutils | Vulnerable (2.40-r4) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | binutils | Vulnerable (2.39-r2) |
| Stream | binutils | Vulnerable (2.40-r4) |
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16389
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327619
- https://vuldb.com/?id.327619
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.668281
- https://www.gnu.org/