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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-1179 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known 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. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 2.3 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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=15915 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640 Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640#c1 Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295082 Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.295082 Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495376 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.gnu.org/ Product 

Weakness Enumeration

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

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-1179
NVD Published Date:
02/11/2025
NVD Last Modified:
03/03/2025
Source:
VulDB