5.5

CVE-2024-57360: binutils Improper Access Control

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57360DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57360
Published 21-01-2025Last modified 18-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-57360 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2025-0084USN-7306-1

Timeline

  1. 21-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ nm >=2.43 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The type of exploitation is: local. The component is: `nm --without-symbol-version` function.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.43.50.20241221-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutils< 2.38-4ubuntu2.7 | < 2.42-4ubuntu2.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

6 links