CVE-2025-7546

13.07.2025, 22:15

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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
CISA-ADP	ADP	---				---

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 5%

Vendor	Product	Version
gnu	binutils	2.45

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= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

binutils

bullseye	unimportant
bookworm	unimportant
trixie	unimportant
forky	2.45.50.20251125-1 fixed
sid	2.45.50.20251201-1 fixed

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

binutils

plucky	needed
noble	needed
jammy	not-affected
focal	not-affected
bionic	not-affected
xenial	not-affected
trusty	not-affected

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=16118

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050#c2

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.316244

https://vuldb.com/?id.316244

https://vuldb.com/?submit.614375

https://www.gnu.org/

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33050