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CVE-2025-11839 (GCVE-0-2025-11839)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-16 14:02 – Updated: 2026-07-14 12:39 X_Open Source

Title

GNU Binutils prdbg.c tg_tag_type return value

Summary

A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function tg_tag_type of the file prdbg.c. Performing a manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value
CWE-253 - Incorrect Check of Function Return Value

Assigner

VulDB

References

7 references

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16344	exploit
https://www.gnu.org/	product
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/…

Impacted products

4 products

Vendor	Product	Version
GNU	Binutils	Affected: 2.45 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils::::::::
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
Siemens	SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)

Credits

JJLeo (VulDB User)

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WID-SEC-W-2025-2327

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2025-10-16 22:00 - Updated: 2025-12-01 23:00

Summary

binutils: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Severity

Niedrig

Notes

Das BSI ist als Anbieter für die eigenen, zur Nutzung bereitgestellten Inhalte nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sind jedoch dafür verantwortlich, die Verwendung und/oder die Umsetzung der mit den Inhalten bereitgestellten Informationen sorgfältig im Einzelfall zu prüfen.

Produktbeschreibung: Die GNU Binary Utilities sind eine Sammlung von Programmierwerkzeugen für die Erzeugung und Manipulation von Programmen, Objektcode, Bibliotheken, Assemblersprache sowie Quellcode in verschiedenen Dateiformaten.

Angriff: Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in binutils ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

Betroffene Betriebssysteme: - Sonstiges - UNIX

CVE-2025-11839

Affected products

Known affected 2 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu	`cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-`	—
Open Source binutils 2.45 Open Source / binutils	`cpe:/a:open_source:binutils:2.45`	2.45

CVE-2025-11840

Affected products

Known affected 2 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu	`cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-`	—
Open Source binutils 2.45 Open Source / binutils	`cpe:/a:open_source:binutils:2.45`	2.45

References

7 references

URL	Category
https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2…	self
https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvis…	self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404439	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404481	external
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33455	external
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33448	external
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7899-1	external

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.

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CVE-2025-11839 (GCVE-0-2025-11839)

WID-SEC-W-2025-2327

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