CVE-2025-5244 (GCVE-0-2025-5244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-27 13:00 – Updated: 2025-05-27 13:32
VLAI?
Title
GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-119 - Memory Corruption
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| GNU | Binutils |
Affected:
2.0
Affected: 2.1 Affected: 2.2 Affected: 2.3 Affected: 2.4 Affected: 2.5 Affected: 2.6 Affected: 2.7 Affected: 2.8 Affected: 2.9 Affected: 2.10 Affected: 2.11 Affected: 2.12 Affected: 2.13 Affected: 2.14 Affected: 2.15 Affected: 2.16 Affected: 2.17 Affected: 2.18 Affected: 2.19 Affected: 2.20 Affected: 2.21 Affected: 2.22 Affected: 2.23 Affected: 2.24 Affected: 2.25 Affected: 2.26 Affected: 2.27 Affected: 2.28 Affected: 2.29 Affected: 2.30 Affected: 2.31 Affected: 2.32 Affected: 2.33 Affected: 2.34 Affected: 2.35 Affected: 2.36 Affected: 2.37 Affected: 2.38 Affected: 2.39 Affected: 2.40 Affected: 2.41 Affected: 2.42 Affected: 2.43 Affected: 2.44 |
Credits
lcyf-fizz (VulDB User)
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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