Medium severity · published Feb 11, 2025
CVE-2025-1182
GNU Binutils ld elflink.c bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p memory corruption
5.0
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b425859021d17adf62f06fb904797cf8642986ad. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% 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-2025-1182
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1182
Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15919
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32644
Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b425859021d17adf62f06fb904797cf8642986ad
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295086
Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.295086
Exploit
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495407
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