CVE-2025-1181: gnu binutils

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-1181 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 11-02-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 25-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This vulnerability affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

• 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.