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medium 5.3

CVE-2025-1365 json

GNU elfutils eu-readelf readelf.c process_symtab buffer overflow

published 2025-02-16 20 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-2123

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. This affects the function process_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument D/a leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 5e5c0394d82c53e97750fe7b18023e6f84157b81. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Patch / fix

  • elfutils Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1365

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • spacecmd Manager Client Tools 12 5.0.15-38.165.2
  • uyuni-tools Manager Client Tools 12 0.1.38-1.30.2
  • golang-github-prometheus-promu Manager Client Tools 12 0.17.0-1.30.2
  • golang-github-boynux-squid_exporter Manager Client Tools 12 1.13.0-1.12.2
  • golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS, Manager Client Tools 12 1.9.1-1.39.2
  • golang-github-lusitaniae-apache_exporter Manager Client Tools 12 1.0.10-1.27.3
  • golang-github-QubitProducts-exporter_exporter Manager Client Tools 12 0.4.0-1.15.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1011-1

  • elfutils Azure Linux 3.0 0.189-3

azure linux advisories AZL-56968

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-1365 updated cvss 5.3

elfutils: GNU elfutils eu-readelf readelf.c process_symtab buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 elfutils, elfutils-libs, elfutils-libelf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 elfutils, elfutils-libs, elfutils-libelf, elfutils-default-yama-scope Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 elfutils, elfutils-libs, elfutils-libelf, elfutils-default-yama-scope
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 elfutils, elfutils-libs, elfutils-libelf, elfutils-debuginfod, elfutils-debuginfod-client, elfutils-default-yama-scope Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 elfutils
    not affected: vulnerable code cannot be controlled by adversary
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32654#c2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15925 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32654 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CNA 4.0 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • GNU elfutils

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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