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CVE-2025-0840 Detail

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 6.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Hyperlink Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15882
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32560
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.293997
https://vuldb.com/?id.293997
https://vuldb.com/?submit.485255
https://www.gnu.org/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-0840
NVD Published Date:
01/29/2025
NVD Last Modified:
01/29/2025
Source:
VulDB