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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-1372 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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=15927
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656#c3
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32657
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295981
https://vuldb.com/?id.295981
https://vuldb.com/?submit.496485
https://www.gnu.org/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic 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-2025-1372
NVD Published Date:
02/16/2025
NVD Last Modified:
02/16/2025
Source:
VulDB