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medium 5.3

CVE-2025-11082 json

GNU Binutils Linker elf-eh-frame.c _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame heap-based overflow

published 2025-09-27 13 mo ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also EUVD-2025-31442

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 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".

Patch / fix

  • binutils Debian 14 2.46-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-11082

  • binutils Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.38-4ubuntu2.10
  • binutils Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.42-4ubuntu2.6
  • binutils Ubuntu 25.10 2.45-7ubuntu1.2
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm14
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm13
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11082

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

  • binutils hummingbird 1 2.46.1-1.hum1
  • binutils-gold hummingbird 1 2.46.1-1.hum1
  • binutils-gprofng hummingbird 1 2.46.1-1.hum1
  • binutils hummingbird 1 2.45.1-5.hum1
  • binutils-gold hummingbird 1 2.45.1-5.hum1
  • binutils-gprofng hummingbird 1 2.45.1-5.hum1
  • binutils RHEL 10.1 2.41-58.el10_1.2
  • binutils-gold RHEL 10.1 2.41-58.el10_1.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:39022RHSA-2026:7098RHSA-2025:23405RHSA-2025:23306

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.47-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11932-1

  • binutils AlmaLinux 10 2.41-58.el10_1.2.alma.1
  • binutils-gold AlmaLinux 10 2.41-58.el10_1.2.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:23306

  • binutils Rocky Linux 10 2.41-58.el10_1.2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:23306

  • binutils CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.37-19
  • crash CBL-Mariner 2.0 8.0.1-5
  • gdb CBL-Mariner 2.0 11.2-10
  • binutils Azure Linux 3.0 2.41-9
  • crash Azure Linux 3.0 8.0.4-5
  • gdb Azure Linux 3.0 13.2-6

azure linux advisories AZL-67902AZL-67908AZL-67914AZL-67922AZL-67925AZL-67928

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-2025-11082 updated cvss 5.3

binutils: GNU Binutils Linker heap-based overflow

  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers rhmtc/openshift-migration-must-gather-rhel8 Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-must-gather-rhel8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdb, binutils, gdb-gdbserver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 mingw-binutils, mingw32-binutils, mingw64-binutils, gcc-toolset-13-gdb, gcc-toolset-14-gdb, mingw-binutils-generic, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gdb, binutils, gdb-minimal, gdb-headless, binutils-gold, gdb-gdbserver, +13 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 mingw-binutils, mingw32-binutils, mingw64-binutils, gcc-toolset-15-binutils
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) binutils-devel 2.41-58.el10_1.2, binutils-debuginfo 2.41-58.el10_1.2, binutils-debugsource 2.41-58.el10_1.2, binutils-gold-debuginfo 2.41-58.el10_1.2, binutils-gprofng-debuginfo 2.41-58.el10_1.2, cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfo 2.41-58.el10_1.2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23306
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) binutils-devel 2.41-53.el10_0.2, binutils-debuginfo 2.41-53.el10_0.2, binutils-debugsource 2.41-53.el10_0.2, binutils-gold-debuginfo 2.41-53.el10_0.2, binutils-gprofng-debuginfo 2.41-53.el10_0.2, cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfo 2.41-53.el10_0.2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23405
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) binutils 2.41-58.el10_1.2, binutils-gold 2.41-58.el10_1.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23306
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) binutils 2.41-53.el10_0.2, binutils-gold 2.41-53.el10_0.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23405
  • Red Hat Hardened Images binutils 2.45.1-5.hum1, binutils 2.46.1-1.hum1, binutils-gold 2.45.1-5.hum1, binutils-gold 2.46.1-1.hum1, binutils-gprofng 2.45.1-5.hum1, binutils-gprofng 2.46.1-1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:7098
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gdb, binutils, gdb-headless, gdb-gdbserver
    not affected: vulnerable code cannot be controlled by adversary
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 gdb Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    not affected: vulnerable code not in execute path

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 ICSA-25-162-05 updated cvss 5.3

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU family

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.5
    affected: mitigation, no fix available

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
13 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16358 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464#c2 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/E:P
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 1.9 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:P/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
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • GNU Binutils
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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