Description
A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function get_link_hash_entry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 2.46 addresses this issue. Patch name: aeaaa9af6359c8e394ce9cf24911fec4f4d23703. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.327350
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327350
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.665591
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33450
Broken Link exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16361
Exploit, Issue Tracking patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=aeaaa9af6359c8e394ce9cf24911fec4f4d23703
Product product
https://www.gnu.org/
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
7.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils
2.45
Published
Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026