SB2025082142 - Fedora 41 update for mingw-binutils

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SB2025082142 - Fedora 41 update for mingw-binutils

Published: August 21, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025082142
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7545)

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the copy_section() function in binutils/objcopy.c. A local user can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7546)

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the bfd_elf_set_group_contents() function in bfd/elf.c. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References