CVE-2025-1179 – GNU Binutils BFD Remote Memory Corruption

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-1179 vulnerability over time.

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impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that “[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases”.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/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:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15915
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640#c1
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295082
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.295082
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.495376
    Added Reference https://www.gnu.org/
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