Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-5244GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity memory corruption in Binutils from GNU. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | binutils | 2.41-58.el10.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:20155 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | binutils-devel | 2.41-58.el10.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:20155 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | binutils-gold | 2.41-58.el10.alma.1 | ALSA-2025:20155 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | binutils | 2.44-r3 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-5244 |
| Debian:12 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5244 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5244 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.45-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5244 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | binutils | 0:2.41-58.el10 | RLSA-2025:20155 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.10 | USN-7847-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.11 | USN-7899-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.10 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5244 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | binutils | 2.42-4ubuntu2.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5244 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | binutils | 2.42-4ubuntu2.6 | USN-7847-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | binutils | 2.42-4ubuntu2.7 | USN-7899-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | binutils | 2.45-7ubuntu1.1 | USN-7899-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- VDB-310346 | GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-310346 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #584634 | GNU Binutils ld 2.44 Memory Corruption third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858 issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16010 exploit
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d9fc61f0d9b3a19256f5 patch
- https://www.gnu.org/ broken-link, product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html