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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-BINUTILSDEVEL-14005661
  • published15 Nov 2025
  • disclosed14 Nov 2025

Introduced: 14 Nov 2025

NewCVE-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 SLES:15.7 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:15.7 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

version 3.1