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CVE-2025-5244

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the funct

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00077
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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
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu binutils< 2.45
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocsourceware.org · show_bug.cgi?id=32858sourceware.org
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · 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 NVD27 May 2025 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

13
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:20150-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2025:21195-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2025:21197-1
usnUSN-7899-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2025:4096-1
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References & Sources

8
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=16010Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.gitPatch
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310346Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.310346Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.584634Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/Product
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