CVE-2025-11495
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.46-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.46-1 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
| sles | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | binutils | 2.45 | |
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16393
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502#c3
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327620
- https://vuldb.com/?id.327620
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.668290
- https://www.gnu.org/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11495
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11495.html
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-122
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.