CVE-2025-11081A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.45.
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A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.45. This issue affects the function dump_dwarf_section of the file binutils/objdump.c. Performing manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119, CWE-125
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
gnu binutils gnu:binutils | 2.45 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623354/hdf5_crash_3.txtbroken-link
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406exploit, issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406#c2exploit, issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59bpatch
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326122permissions-required, vdb-entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.326122third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.661275third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.gnu.org/product
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