---
id: CVE-2025-11412
title: A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45
summary: >-
  A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. This impacts the function
  bfd_elf_gc_record_vtentry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker.
  The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. Local access is required to
  approac…
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: '2025-10-07'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T13:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11412'
references:
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16378'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33452'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33452#c8'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: >-
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=047435dd988a3975d40c6626a8f739a0b2e154bc
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327348'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?id.327348'
    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
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33452'
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00205
epssPercentile: 0.09573
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T13:42:54.984Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. This impacts the function bfd_elf_gc_record_vtentry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 047435dd988a3975d40c6626a8f739a0b2e154bc. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

## Affected

- `binutils = 2.45`

## Remediation

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