Out-of-Bounds Affecting binutils package, versions <2.45.1-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-BINUTILS-15375317
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed8 Oct 2025

Introduced: 8 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-11495  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi binutils to version 2.45.1-r1 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 Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1