---
id: CVE-2025-11413
title: A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45
summary: >-
  A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected is the function
  elf_link_add_object_symbols of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker.
  The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be
  approached loc…
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-2025-11413'
references:
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16362'
    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=33456#c10'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: >-
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327349'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?id.327349'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?submit.665587'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?submit.665590'
    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: 0.00221
epssPercentile: 0.11581
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T13:42:54.985Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected is the function elf_link_add_object_symbols of the file bfd/elflink.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. Upgrading to version 2.46 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

## Affected

- `binutils = 2.45`

## Remediation

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