---
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'
---

## Overview

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 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.

## Affected

- `binutils = 2.45`

## Remediation

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