Description
A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.326123
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326123
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.661276
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33464#c2
Broken Link exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16358
Patch patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8
Product product
https://www.gnu.org/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils
2.45
Published
Sep 27, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026