Vulnerability · Published Feb 16, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-1352GNU elfutils eu-readelf libdw_alloc.c __libdw_thread_tail memory corruption
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity memory corruption in elfutils 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).
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function __libdw_thread_tail in the library libdw_alloc.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument w leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated 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 name of the patch is 2636426a091bd6c6f7f02e49ab20d4cdc6bfc753. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | elfutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1352 |
| Debian:13 | elfutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1352 |
| Debian:14 | elfutils | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1352 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | elfutils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1352 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | elfutils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1352 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | elfutils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1352 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | elfutils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1352 |
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-295960 | GNU elfutils eu-readelf libdw_alloc.c __libdw_thread_tail memory corruption vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-295960 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #495965 | GNU elfutils/eu-readelf 0.192 illegal read access third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32650 issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15923 exploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32650#c2 issue-tracking, patch
- https://www.gnu.org/ product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html