Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function xmemdup of the file xmemdup.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack may be initiated 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. 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."
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.295055
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295055
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576
Exploit exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887
Product product
https://www.gnu.org/
Scores
CVSS v3
3.1
EPSS
0.0056
EPSS Percentile
42.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
CWE-404
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils
2.43
Published
Feb 10, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026