NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]
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- published5 Jun 2025
- disclosed27 May 2025
- creditliuchenyifan
Introduced: 27 May 2025
NewCVE-2025-5244 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to the elf_gc_sweep function in the bfd/elflink.c file. An attacker can cause memory corruption and program crash by manipulating empty groups. This is only exploitable if the attacker has local access.