CVE-2025-1148 – GNU Binutils Remote Memory Leak Vulnerability in link_order_scan of ld component

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-1148 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Feb. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function link_order_scan of the file ld/ldelfgen.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: “I’m not going to commit some of the leak fixes I’ve been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master.”
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-404
    Added CWE CWE-401
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295052
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.295052
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.485747
    Added Reference https://www.gnu.org/
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