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CVE-2025-11495 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_x86_64_relocate_section of the file elf64-x86-64.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16393 VulDB Broken Link 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502 VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33502#c3 VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6b21c8b2ecfef5c95142cbc2c32f185cb1c26ab0 VulDB Patch 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327620 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.327620 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.668290 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.gnu.org/ VulDB Product 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-11495
NVD Published Date:
10/08/2025
NVD Last Modified:
10/14/2025
Source:
VulDB