CVE-2025-5244
GNU Binutils Elflink Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
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Published Date :
May 27, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 28, 2025, 3:01 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.4
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 27, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CWE CWE-119 Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16010 Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858 Added Reference https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.310346 Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634 Added Reference https://www.gnu.org/
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