Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils-gold package, versions <2.45-r2


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-BINUTILSGOLD-13601391
  • published17 Oct 2025
  • disclosed7 Oct 2025

Introduced: 7 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-11412  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest binutils-gold to version 2.45-r2 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 has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. This impacts the function bfd_elf_gc_record_vtentry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 047435dd988a3975d40c6626a8f739a0b2e154bc. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1