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Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-1178GNU Binutils ld libbfd.c bfd_putl64 memory corruption

Medium 5.6

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 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfd_putl64 of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. 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. The identifier of the patch is 75086e9de1707281172cc77f178e7949a4414ed0. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-1178
Debian:13binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-1178
Debian:14binutils2.45-3DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1178
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.8USN-7423-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.8UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1178
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutils2.42-4ubuntu2.5USN-7423-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutils2.42-4ubuntu2.5UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1178

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GNU Binutils 2.43

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

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