SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-1372

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Product(s) Impacted

Product	Versions
GNU elfutils	0.192

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.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15927

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656#c3

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32657

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295981

https://vuldb.com/?id.295981

https://vuldb.com/?submit.496485

https://www.gnu.org/

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: LOW
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: LOW
Availability Impact: LOW

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

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 17, 2025, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 17, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

More info

Source

cna@vuldb.com

CVE-2025-1372