3.1
LOW
CVE-2025-1149
IBM Binutils Memory Leak Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 10, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 10, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295053
https://vuldb.com/?id.295053
https://www.gnu.org/

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-404
    Added CWE CWE-401
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295053
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.295053
    Added Reference https://www.gnu.org/
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