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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-11083 Detail

Description

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
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/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16353 VulDB Broken Link 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33457#c1 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490 VulDB Patch 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326124 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.326124 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.661277 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-2025-11083
NVD Published Date:
09/27/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/28/2026
Source:
VulDB