CVE-2025-5244

low-risk
Published 2025-05-27

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Do I need to act?

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0.08% 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
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CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Gnu

References (7)

Broken Link https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16010
Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32858
Patch https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d1458933830456e54223d...
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.310346
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634
Product https://www.gnu.org/
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal