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CVE-2025-11494

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read.

The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a.

A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.00037
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu binutilsall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocsourceware.org · show_bug.cgi?id=33499sourceware.org
pocsourceware.org · show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2sourceware.org
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Scoring & Timeline

3.3
LOW · CVSS v3.1 · cna@vuldb.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD08 Oct 2025 · 08:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

10
rhsaRHSA-2026:7098Low
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:20150-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2025:21195-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2025:21197-1
usnUSN-7919-1
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16389Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.gitPatch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327619Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.327619Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.668281Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/Product
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