Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-5244 · published 27 May 2025

CVE-2025-5244: Gnu binutils memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Gnu · Binutils

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

4.8 CVSS 4.0 Medium EPSS 0.28% · top 81.9% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow

4.8CVSS 4.0 base score, v2 4.3

0.28%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

9References, 1 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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

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

Binutils Gnu

References

Link	Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16010	Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5	Patch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346	Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.310346	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/	Product
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-5244), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.