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MEDIUM
CVE-2025-1176
GNU Binutils Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in ld Component
Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 11, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 11, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-1176 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu binutils

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/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:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CWE CWE-122
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15913
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32636
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295079
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.295079
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.495329
    Added Reference https://www.gnu.org/
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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