A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function xstrdup of the file xstrdup.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. 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. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576 | Issue Tracking |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295056 | Permissions Required VDB Entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?id.295056 | Permissions Required VDB Entry |
| https://www.gnu.org/ | Product |
Configurations
History
03 Mar 2025, 16:52
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 3.7 |
| First Time |
Gnu binutils
Gnu |
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| References | () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://www.gnu.org/ - Product | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?id.295056 - Permissions Required, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295056 - Permissions Required, VDB Entry |
10 Feb 2025, 18:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-02-10 18:15
Updated : 2025-03-03 16:52
NVD link : CVE-2025-1152
Mitre link : CVE-2025-1152
JSON object : View
Products Affected
gnu
- binutils