CVE-2025-1176 LOW

CVE-2025-1176: GNU Binutils ld elflink.c _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec heap-based overflow

Vendor Gnu
Product Binutils
Weakness CWE-122
Published February 11, 2025
Last update April 11, 2025

CVSS base score

2.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 11, 2025 CVE published
April 11, 2025 Record updated