Heap-based buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2025-1176
Published: February 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103995
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1176
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec() function in bfd/elflink.c within the ld binary. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-1176
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15913
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32636
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295079
- https://vuldb.com/?id.295079
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.495329