#VU116969 Buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2025-11495
Published: October 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116969
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-2025-11495
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 elf_x86_64_relocate_section() function in elf64-x86-64.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=16393
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502#c3
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327620
- https://vuldb.com/?id.327620
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.668290