Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 8, 2025· Updated May 12, 2026

CVE-2025-11494

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.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. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Affected products

GNU/Binutils
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.comnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.comnvdPermissions RequiredVDB Entry
www.gnu.orgnvdProduct
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.htmlnvd

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Severity

LowCVSS v3.1

3.3/ 10

CVSS v41.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.04%

VYPR risk score

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.21low

cvss	0.214
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read

CVE ID

CVE-2025-11494