CVE-2025-1179: gnu binutils

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-1179 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 11-02-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.