{"id":"CVE-2025-11494","title":"A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45","summary":"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 approach…","severity":"low","cvss":3.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-125","CWE-125"],"vendor":"gnu","product":"binutils","affected":["binutils = 2.45"],"published":"2025-10-08","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T23:10:00.237","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11494","references":[{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16389","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327619","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.327619","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?submit.668281","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://www.gnu.org/","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00215,"epssPercentile":0.1074,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T23:29:32.419Z","slug":"CVE-2025-11494","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `binutils = 2.45`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":18,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":18.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}