CVE-2025-7545

Publication date 13 July 2025

Last updated 28 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
binutils	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

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Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
binutils	Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7718-1
GNU binutils vulnerability
26 August 2025