Buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2025-11081
Published: October 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116975
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11081
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-11081
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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