CVE-2025-11840
published 2025-10-16CVE-2025-11840: 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…
low1.9CVSS 4.0
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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.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | binutils | < binutils 2.46-1 (forky) | binutils 2.46-1 (forky) |
| gnu | binutils | — | — |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.46-1 | 2.46-1 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.38-4ubuntu2.11 | 2.38-4ubuntu2.11 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.42-4ubuntu2.7 | 2.42-4ubuntu2.7 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.45-7ubuntu1.1 | 2.45-7ubuntu1.1 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7 | 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm13 | 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm13 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5 | 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5 |
| gnu | binutils | >= 0 < 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1 | 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1 |
| msrc | azl3_binutils_2.41-9_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl2_binutils_2.37-17_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl2_binutils_2.37-19_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv4.01.9LOWCVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
osv4.8MEDIUM