Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils-devel package, versions <2.45-150100.7.57.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-BINUTILSDEVEL-14004985
  • published15 Nov 2025
  • disclosed14 Nov 2025

Introduced: 14 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-1178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 binutils-devel to version 2.45-150100.7.57.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-devel package and not the binutils-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfd_putl64 of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 75086e9de1707281172cc77f178e7949a4414ed0. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1