Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.45.1-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-BINUTILS-13916023
  • published12 Nov 2025
  • disclosed13 Jul 2025

Introduced: 13 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-7545  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard binutils to version 2.45.1-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1