Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.45-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-BINUTILSGOLD-13325672
  • published6 Oct 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 Minimos:latest binutils-gold to version 2.45-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

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