SB2025103049 - Two local DoS vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils

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SB2025103049 - Two local DoS vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils

Published: October 30, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025103049
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11840)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the vfinfo() function in ldmisc.c. A local user can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.


2) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11839)

CWE-ID: CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to unchecked return value within the tg_tag_type() function in prdbg.c. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References