Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils-dev package, versions <2.45-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-BINUTILSDEV-13323118
  • published6 Oct 2025
  • disclosed27 Sept 2025

Introduced: 27 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-11081  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest binutils-dev to version 2.45-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

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 Base Scores

version 3.1