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Vulnerability · Published Feb 17, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-1372GNU elfutils eu-readelf readelf.c print_string_section buffer overflow

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity buffer overflow 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 0.3% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12elfutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-1372
Debian:13elfutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-1372
Debian:14elfutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-1372
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSelfutils0.186-1ubuntu0.1USN-7369-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSelfutils0.186-1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1372
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSelfutils0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1USN-7369-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSelfutils0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1372

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GNU elfutils 0.192

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

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