---
id: CVE-2025-11495
title: A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45
summary: >-
  A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is
  the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the
  component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The
  attack can…
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-122
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-2025-11495'
references:
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16393'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502#c3'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: >-
      https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327620'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?id.327620'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?submit.668290'
    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: 0.00238
epssPercentile: 0.13473
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.420Z'
---

## Overview

A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0. 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.