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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-1181 · published 11 February 2025

CVE-2025-1181: Gnu binutils memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Gnu · Binutils

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This vulnerability affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated 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 name of the patch is 931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

2.3 CVSS 4.0 Low EPSS 0.72% · top 48.1% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
2.3CVSS 4.0 base score, v2 5.1
0.72%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This vulnerability affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated 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 name of the patch is 931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15918 Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32643 Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24 Broken Link
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295084 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.295084 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495402 ExploitVDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/ Product
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0007/ Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32643 Broken Link
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495402 ExploitVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-1181), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.