CVE-2025-11494 — GNU Binutils Linker elfxx-x86.c _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections out-of-bounds
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation re…
Published: 2025-10-08 · CVSS: 4.8 · CVSS 4.0
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7