#VU116966 Buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2025-11412
Published: October 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116966
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-11412
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the bfd_elf_gc_record_vtentry() function in bfd/elflink.c. A local user can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16378
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33452
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33452#c8
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=047435dd988a3975d40c6626a8f739a0b2e154bc
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327348
- https://vuldb.com/?id.327348