CVE-2025-7546

CWE-119 — Buffer Overflow CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write8 documents8 sources

Severity

4.8MEDIUM

EPSS

0.0%

top 93.63%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

GNU Binutils

Timeline

PublishedJul 13

Latest updateOct 29

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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 Packages3 packages

▶Debianbinutils< 2.45-3

▶CVEListV5gnu/binutils2.45

▶NVDgnu/binutils2.45

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-v8v5-48x9-6r8p: A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2↗2025-07-14

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OSV

CVE-2025-7546: A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2↗2025-07-13

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CVEList

GNU Binutils elf.c bfd_elf_set_group_contents out-of-bounds write↗2025-07-13

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📋Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu

GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-10-29

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Red Hat

binutils: Binutils: Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability↗2025-07-13

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Microsoft

GNU Binutils elf.c bfd_elf_set_group_contents out-of-bounds write↗2025-07-08

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Debian

CVE-2025-7546: binutils - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binu...↗2025

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