Out-of-bounds Read Affecting binutils package, versions <2.45-7ubuntu1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-BINUTILS-13570384
  • published3 Dec 2025
  • disclosed8 Oct 2025

Introduced: 8 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-11494  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:25.10 binutils to version 2.45-7ubuntu1.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:25.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1