CVE-2025-1372
Published: February 18, 2025Last modified: June 18, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.3 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | LOW |
| Integrity impact | LOW |
| Availability impact | LOW |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Notes
Upstream does not consider this as a security issue.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | elfutils | Vulnerable (0.187-r1) |
| Stream | elfutils | Fixed (0.193-r0) |
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15927
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656#c3
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32657
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295981
- https://vuldb.com/?id.295981
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.496485
- https://www.gnu.org/