CVE-2025-0840

MEDIUM EPSS 49.7%
Published Jan 29, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.3 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Jan 29, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
49.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 3

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Memory Safety
CWE-121
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
gnubinutils* <2.44

References 7

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15882
    Broken Link
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32560
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893
    Patch
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.293997
    Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.293997
    Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?submit.485255
    ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • gnu.org https://www.gnu.org/
    Product

Remediation

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893
    Patch