---
id: CVE-2025-11840
title: A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45
summary: >-
  A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is
  the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to
  out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has
  been…
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: '2025-10-16'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T10:10:00.193'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11840'
references:
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16351'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16357'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33455'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.328775'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?id.328775'
    label: cna@vuldb.com
  - url: 'https://vuldb.com/?submit.661281'
    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: 0.00276
epssPercentile: 0.18369
ingestedAt: '2026-10-09T12:53:28.985Z'
---

## Overview

A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

## Affected

- `binutils = 2.45`

## Remediation

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