#VU116973 Heap-based buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2025-11083
Published: October 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116973
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-2025-11083
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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_swap_shdr() function in bfd/elfcode.h. A local user can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16353
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326124
- https://vuldb.com/?id.326124
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.661277