CVE-2025-11840CWE-119CWE-125

CVE-2025-11840

Low · published October 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00276 · 19.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer; CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2025-10-16T20:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/binutilsall versions—
References (8)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16351 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16357 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33455 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.328775 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/?id.328775 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/?submit.661281 · [email protected]https://www.gnu.org/ · [email protected]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 15:32Z
    GNU Binutils ldmisc.c vfinfo out-of-bounds
    cvelistv5