CVE-2025-5244

CWE-119 — Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
4.8MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMay 27
Latest updateDec 1

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDgnu/binutils< 2.45
▶Debianbinutils< 2.45-3
▶Ubuntubinutils< 2.38-4ubuntu2.10+1
▶CVEListV5gnu/binutils45 versions+44

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-10-29
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OSV
CVE-2025-5244: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2↗2025-05-27
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CVEList
GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption↗2025-05-27
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GHSA
GHSA-3c6j-3hg7-vq95: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2↗2025-05-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-12-01
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-10-29
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Red Hat
binutils: GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption↗2025-05-27
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Microsoft
GNU Binutils ld elflink.c elf_gc_sweep memory corruption↗2025-05-13
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Debian
CVE-2025-5244: binutils - A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as criti...↗2025
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CVE-2025-5244 (MEDIUM CVSS 4.8) | A vulnerability was found in GNU Bi | cvebase.io