A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. 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. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."
History

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. 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. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."
Title GNU Binutils ld xmalloc.c xstrdup memory leak
Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-404
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-10T14:47:56.144Z

Reserved: 2025-02-10T07:31:45.936Z

Link: CVE-2025-1149

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-10T14:47:32.311Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-10T15:15:13.093

Modified: 2025-02-10T15:15:13.093

Link: CVE-2025-1149

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-02-10T14:31:07Z

Links: CVE-2025-1149 - Bugzilla