{"id":"CVE-2025-11494","summary":"GNU Binutils Linker elfxx-x86.c _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections out-of-bounds","details":"A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. 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 out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.","modified":"2026-05-18T05:59:08.560150711Z","published":"2025-10-08T19:32:07.225Z","related":["CGA-rj74-hqcf-mq9f","SUSE-SU-2025:21195-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21197-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4096-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15651-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:20150-1"],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-119","CWE-125"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/11xxx/CVE-2025-11494.json","cna_assigner":"VulDB"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.gnu.org/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/11xxx/CVE-2025-11494.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11494"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.327619"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://vuldb.com/?submit.668281"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33499#c2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327619"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16389"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2bc7af1ff7732451b6a7b09462a815c3284f9613"}],"database_specific":{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.45"}]}}],"versions":["binutils-2_45","gdb-16-branchpoint","gdb-15-branchpoint","gdb-14-branchpoint","binutils-2_41-release","gdb-13-branchpoint","gdb-12-branchpoint","gdb-11-branchpoint","gdb-10-branchpoint","gdb-9-branchpoint","gdb-8.3-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2018q4","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2018q4","gdb-8.2-branchpoint","gdb-8.1-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2017q4","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2017q4","gdb-8.0-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4","gdb-7.12-branchpoint","gdb-7.11-branchpoint","gdb-7.10-branchpoint","gdb-7.9-branchpoint","gdb-7.8-branchpoint","gdb-7.7-branchpoint","gdb_7_6-branchpoint","gdb_7_5-branchpoint","gdb_7_4-branchpoint","gdb_7_3-branchpoint","gdb_7_2-branchpoint","gdb_7_1-branchpoint","gdb_7_0-branchpoint","gdb_6_8-branchpoint","gdb_6_7-branchpoint","gdb_6_6-branchpoint","gdb_6_5-branchpoint","gdb_6_4-branchpoint","gdb_6_3-branchpoint","gdb_6_2-branchpoint","gdb_6_1-branchpoint","gdb_6_0-branchpoint","gdb_5_3-branchpoint","gdb_5_2-branchpoint","gdb-4_18-branchpoint"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-11494.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P"}]}