CVE-2025-11083

27.09.2025, 23:15

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	5.3 MEDIUM	LOCAL	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
VulDB	CNA	5.3 MEDIUM				CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Awaiting analysis

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: Unknown

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16353

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326124

https://vuldb.com/?id.326124

https://vuldb.com/?submit.661277

https://www.gnu.org/