CVE-2025-1372: elfutils_project elfutils

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-1372 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in elfutils_project elfutils. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 17-02-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 18-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. 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.
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.