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Out-of-bounds Read

CVE-2025-11494

Low
1.9/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils. Impacted is the function "_bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections" of the file "bfd/elfxx-x86.c" of the component Linker. The manipulation results in an Out-of-bounds Read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-125 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Out-of-bounds read is a vulnerability that allows access to memory beyond the authorized accessible location. Such a vulnerability compromises the confidentiality of the trusted environment in the application and enables an attacker to launch further attacks by leveraging the exposed information.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published