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medium 5.0

CVE-2025-1352 json

GNU elfutils eu-readelf libdw_alloc.c __libdw_thread_tail memory corruption

published 2025-02-16 20 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-2113

cvss
5.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function __libdw_thread_tail in the library libdw_alloc.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument w leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 2636426a091bd6c6f7f02e49ab20d4cdc6bfc753. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P V4.0
  • elfutils SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, SLE Micro 5.5 +13 more 0.185-150400.5.8.3
  • elfutils-debuginfod SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS +10 more 0.185-150400.5.8.2

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2025:4092-1SUSE-SU-2025:4092-1

  • elfutils Azure Linux 3.0 0.189-5

azure linux advisories AZL-56873

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-2025-1352 updated cvss 5.0

elfutils: GNU elfutils eu-readelf libdw_alloc.c __libdw_thread_tail memory corruption

  • 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

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15923 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32650 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 2.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.0 5.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CNA 4.0 2.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • GNU elfutils
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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