CVE-2025-11840

LOW

GNU Binutils - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-125 CWE-119
Status published

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Oct 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026