SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-1152

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function xstrdup of the file xstrdup.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Binutils	2.43

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	gnu	binutils	2.43	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295056

https://vuldb.com/?id.295056

https://www.gnu.org/

CVSS Score

3.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: HIGH
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 10, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: March 3, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cna@vuldb.com

CVE-2025-1152