CVE-2025-1179

March 3, 2025, 5:14 p.m.

5.0
Medium

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Gnu
  • Binutils
  • 2.43

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

*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=15915
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640#c1
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295082
https://vuldb.com/?id.295082
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495376
https://www.gnu.org/

Tags

CWE-119
cna@vuldb.com
2025-02-11
CVE-2025-1179

CVSS Score

5.0 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

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

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

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 11, 2025, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified: March 3, 2025, 5:14 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

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