Medium severity · published Feb 10, 2025
CVE-2025-1153
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44
5.9
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfd_set_format of the file format.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 8d97c1a53f3dc9fd8e1ccdb039b8a33d50133150. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
2.43; 2.44 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1153
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1153
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32603
Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=8d97c1a53f3dc9fd8e1ccdb039b8a33d50133150
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295057
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?id.295057
Exploit
https://vuldb.com/?submit.489991
Product
https://www.gnu.org/
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