Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-1182GNU Binutils ld elflink.c bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p memory corruption
Medium 5.0
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 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to launch 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. The patch is identified as b425859021d17adf62f06fb904797cf8642986ad. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1182 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1182 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.45-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1182 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.8 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1182 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.11 | USN-7899-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.10 | USN-7847-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.8 | USN-7423-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | binutils | 2.42-4ubuntu2.5 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1182 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | binutils | 2.42-4ubuntu2.5 | USN-7423-1 |
| 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:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- VDB-295086 | GNU Binutils ld elflink.c bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p memory corruption vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-295086 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #495407 | GNU ld 2.43 illegal read access with --no-undefined --orphan-handling -wrd third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32644 issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15919 exploit
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b425859021d17adf62f06fb904797cf8642986ad patch
- https://www.gnu.org/ product