CVE-2025-5244 (GCVE-0-2025-5244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-27 13:00
Modified
2025-05-27 13:32
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GNU Binutils Version: 2.0
Version: 2.1
Version: 2.2
Version: 2.3
Version: 2.4
Version: 2.5
Version: 2.6
Version: 2.7
Version: 2.8
Version: 2.9
Version: 2.10
Version: 2.11
Version: 2.12
Version: 2.13
Version: 2.14
Version: 2.15
Version: 2.16
Version: 2.17
Version: 2.18
Version: 2.19
Version: 2.20
Version: 2.21
Version: 2.22
Version: 2.23
Version: 2.24
Version: 2.25
Version: 2.26
Version: 2.27
Version: 2.28
Version: 2.29
Version: 2.30
Version: 2.31
Version: 2.32
Version: 2.33
Version: 2.34
Version: 2.35
Version: 2.36
Version: 2.37
Version: 2.38
Version: 2.39
Version: 2.40
Version: 2.41
Version: 2.42
Version: 2.43
Version: 2.44
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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.\"}, {\"lang\": \"de\", \"value\": \"Eine kritische Schwachstelle wurde in GNU Binutils bis 2.44 ausgemacht. Es geht hierbei um die Funktion elf_gc_sweep der Datei bfd/elflink.c der Komponente ld. Durch die Manipulation mit unbekannten Daten kann eine memory corruption-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff muss lokal passieren. Der Exploit steht zur \\u00f6ffentlichen Verf\\u00fcgung. Ein Aktualisieren auf die Version 2.45 vermag dieses Problem zu l\\u00f6sen. Als bestm\\u00f6gliche Massnahme wird das Einspielen eines Upgrades empfohlen.\"}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-119\", \"description\": \"Memory Corruption\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"1af790b2-7ee1-4545-860a-a788eba489b5\", \"shortName\": \"VulDB\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-05-27T13:00:14.904Z\"}}}",
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