#VU116974 Buffer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2025-11494
Published: October 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116974
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-2025-11494
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_x86_elf_late_size_sections() function in bfd/elfxx-x86.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=16389
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327619
- https://vuldb.com/?id.327619
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.668281