CVE-2025-1179 Information

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains that [t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Reference

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15915 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640#c1 https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295082 https://vuldb.com/?id.295082 https://vuldb.com/?submit.495376 https://www.gnu.org/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.0