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".
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Permissions Required, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.295082
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295082
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495376
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15915
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
patch
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640#c1
Product product
https://www.gnu.org/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
27.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils
2.43
Published
Feb 11, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026