CVE-2025-11413
Publication date 7 October 2025
Last updated 10 December 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected is the function elf_link_add_object_symbols of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 2.46 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| binutils | 25.10 questing |
Fixed 2.45-7ubuntu1.2
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| 25.04 plucky |
Fixed 2.44-3ubuntu1.3
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 2.42-4ubuntu2.8
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.12
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm2
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm13
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm14
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8
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Patch details
| Package | Patch details |
|---|---|
| binutils |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
3.3 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7919-1
- GNU binutils vulnerabilities
- 10 December 2025