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CVE-2025-11840

Published: Oct 16, 2025

Modified: May 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

3.3

LOW

Description

A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Vendor	Product	Versions
GNU	Binutils	affected `2.45`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

References

VDB-328775 | GNU Binutils ldmisc.c vfinfo out-of-bounds

vdb-entry

technical-description

VDB-328775 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)

signature

permissions-required

Submit #661281 | GNU Binutils 2.45 Out-of-Bounds Read

third-party-advisory

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33455

issue-tracking

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16351

exploit

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16357

patch

https://www.gnu.org/

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