---
id: CVE-2025-11082
title: A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45
summary: >-
  A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function
  _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component
  Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The
  attack is restricted …
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-119
  - CWE-122
vendor: gnu
product: binutils
affected:
  - binutils = 2.45
published: '2025-09-27'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T10:10:00.193'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11082'
references:
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16358'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464#c2'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: >-
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326123'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?id.326123'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?submit.661276'
    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: 0.00254
epssPercentile: 0.15545
ingestedAt: '2026-10-09T12:53:28.503Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".

## Affected

- `binutils = 2.45`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.