Buffer overflow in elfutils - CVE-2025-1372

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Buffer overflow in elfutils - CVE-2025-1372

Published: March 25, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU106003
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1372
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the dump_data_section() and print_string_section() functions in readelf.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into passing specially crafted file to the application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

elfutils
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
elfutils-debuginfod-client
elfutils-default-yama-scope
elfutils-libs
elfutils-libelf-devel
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-help
elfutils-devel
elfutils-debugsource
elfutils-debuginfod-client-devel
elfutils
elfutils-debuginfo
elfutils-debuginfod
elfutils-extra
libdebuginfod-devel
libdebuginfod1-debuginfo
debuginfod-client
elfutils-debuginfod-debuginfo
debuginfod-client-debuginfo
libdebuginfod1
elfutils-debuginfod-debugsource
libelf-devel
libelf1-debuginfo
libasm1
debuginfod-dummy-client
libdw1-64bit
libelf-devel-64bit
libelf1-64bit-debuginfo
libasm1-64bit
libdw1-64bit-debuginfo
libasm1-64bit-debuginfo
libasm1-32bit-debuginfo
libelf-devel-32bit
libasm1-32bit
libdebuginfod1-dummy
libdebuginfod1-dummy-debuginfo
libasm1-debuginfo
debuginfod-dummy-client-debuginfo
libdebuginfod-dummy-devel
libelf1-32bit-debuginfo
libdw1-32bit
libdw1-32bit-debuginfo
libelf1-32bit
elfutils-lang
libdw1-debuginfo
libdw1
libelf1-64bit
libdw-devel
libasm-devel
libelf1
elfutils (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-1372

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

elfutils-debuginfod-client - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-default-yama-scope - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils-libs - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils-libelf-devel - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils-libelf - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils-help - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-devel - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debuginfod-client-devel - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debuginfod - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-extra - addressed in versions 0.185-20, 0.190-8
libdebuginfod-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
libdebuginfod1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
debuginfod-client - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
elfutils-debuginfod-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
debuginfod-client-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
libdebuginfod1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
elfutils-debuginfod-debugsource - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
elfutils-debuginfod - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
libelf-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils-debugsource - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
debuginfod-dummy-client - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf-devel-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf-devel-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdebuginfod1-dummy - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdebuginfod1-dummy-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
debuginfod-dummy-client-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdebuginfod-dummy-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils-lang - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 0.186-1ubuntu0.1, 0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1, 0.191-2ubuntu0.1

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