Buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2025-11081
Published: October 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116975
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11081
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the dump_dwarf_section() function in binutils/objdump.c. A local user can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
Binutils
Ubuntu
Fedora
binutils (Ubuntu package)
avr-binutils
Ubuntu
Fedora
binutils (Ubuntu package)
avr-binutils
How to mitigate CVE-2025-11081
Install updates from vendor's website.
binutils (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8, 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm14, 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm13, 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm2, 2.38-4ubuntu2.12, 2.42-4ubuntu2.8, 2.44-3ubuntu1.3, 2.45-7ubuntu1.2
avr-binutils - addressed in versions 2.45-2.fc44, 2.45-4.fc42.1, 2.45-4.fc43.1
avr-binutils - addressed in versions 2.45-2.fc44, 2.45-4.fc42.1, 2.45-4.fc43.1
External References
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623354/hdf5_crash_3.txt
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406#c2
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326122
- https://vuldb.com/?id.326122
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.661275