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Vulnerability · Published Feb 10, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-1147GNU Binutils nm nm.c internal_strlen buffer overflow

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity buffer overflow in Binutils from GNU. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function __sanitizer::internal_strlen of the file binutils/nm.c of the component nm. The manipulation of the argument const leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-1147
Debian:13binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-1147
Debian:14binutils2.45-3DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.10USN-7847-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutils2.42-4ubuntu2.6USN-7847-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutils2.42-4ubuntu2.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1147

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GNU Binutils 2.43

Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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