Description
A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.328775
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.328775
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.661281
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33455
Exploit exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16351
Not Applicable patch
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16357
Product product
https://www.gnu.org/
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
8.0%
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 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026