CVE-2025-5244

MEDIUM EPSS 14.3%
Published May 27, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
4.8 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published May 27, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.8
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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 Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
14.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
gnubinutils* <2.45

References 9

  • cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
  • cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16010
    Broken Link
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5
    Patch
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346
    Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.310346
    Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634
    Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • gnu.org https://www.gnu.org/
    Product

Remediation

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5
    Patch