CVE-2025-1176

low-risk
Published 2025-02-11

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated 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. The patch is named f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Do I need to act?

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0.21% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.0/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Gnu

References (8)

Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15913
Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32636
Patch https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f9978defb6fab0bd85839...
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295079
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?id.295079
Exploit https://vuldb.com/?submit.495329
Product https://www.gnu.org/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0007/
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low-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal