CVE-2025-11081
Publication date 27 September 2025
Last updated 1 October 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.45. This issue affects the function dump_dwarf_section of the file binutils/objdump.c. Performing manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| binutils | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
Notes
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
3.3 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11081
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623354/hdf5_crash_3.txt
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406#c2
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326122
- https://vuldb.com/?id.326122
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.661275
- https://www.gnu.org/