Medium severity · published Feb 10, 2025
CVE-2025-1147
GNU Binutils nm nm.c internal_strlen buffer overflow
5.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function __sanitizer::internal_strlen of the file binutils/nm.c of the component nm. The manipulation of the argument const leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · GNU
2.43 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1147
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1147
Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15881
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32556
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295051
Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.295051
Exploit
https://vuldb.com/?submit.485254
Product
https://www.gnu.org/
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