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".
History

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:15:00 +0000

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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".
Title GNU Binutils ld libbfd.c bfd_putl64 memory corruption
Weaknesses CWE-119
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-11T15:15:23.220Z

Reserved: 2025-02-10T10:50:13.963Z

Link: CVE-2025-1179

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-11T15:14:38.760Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-11T07:15:30.230

Modified: 2025-02-11T07:15:30.230

Link: CVE-2025-1179

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-11T07:00:10Z

Links: CVE-2025-1179 - Bugzilla