---
id: CVE-2025-11414
title: A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45
summary: >-
  A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this
  vulnerability is the function get_link_hash_entry of the file bfd/elflink.c of
  the component Linker. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack
  can only b…
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-2025-11414'
references:
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16361'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33450'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: >-
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=aeaaa9af6359c8e394ce9cf24911fec4f4d23703
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327350'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?id.327350'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?submit.665591'
    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=33450'
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00203
epssPercentile: 0.09418
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T13:42:54.985Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function get_link_hash_entry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 2.46 addresses this issue. Patch name: aeaaa9af6359c8e394ce9cf24911fec4f4d23703. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

## Affected

- `binutils = 2.45`

## Remediation

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