CVE-2025-5244

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CVSS v3.0 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16010
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346
https://vuldb.com/?id.310346
https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634
https://www.gnu.org/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

27 May 2025, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-27 13:15

Updated : 2025-05-27 13:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-5244

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5244

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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