CVE-2025-11840

Severity
4.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateDec 1

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages4 packages

Debianbinutils< 2.46-1
Ubuntubinutils< 2.38-4ubuntu2.11+6
CVEListV5gnu/binutils2.45
NVDgnu/binutils2.45

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
binutils vulnerabilities2025-12-01
OSV
CVE-2025-11840: A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 22025-10-16
CVEList
GNU Binutils ldmisc.c vfinfo out-of-bounds2025-10-16
GHSA
GHSA-jp92-pqpq-f69p: A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 22025-10-16

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities2025-12-01
Red Hat
binutils: GNU Binutils out-of-bounds read2025-10-16
Microsoft
GNU Binutils ldmisc.c vfinfo out-of-bounds2025-10-14
Debian
CVE-2025-11840: binutils - A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the...2025

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-11840 mingw-binutils: GNU Binutils out-of-bounds read [fedora-42]2025-10-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-11840 binutils: GNU Binutils out-of-bounds read2025-10-16
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