Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2025· Updated Feb 12, 2025

GNU Binutils ld xstrdup.c xstrdup memory leak

CVE-2025-1152

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function xstrdup of the file xstrdup.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."

Affected products

112

GNU/Binutilsllm-fuzzy2 versions
= 2.43+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 2.43
- (no CPE)range: 2.43
osv-coords110 versions
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pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-hppa-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-i386-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-i386-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ia64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ia64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-loongarch64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-m68k-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-m68k-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-mips-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-mips-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/cross-ppc64-binutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 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pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%20LTS%204.3 pkg:rpm/suse/binutils&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%20LTS%204.3 pkg:rpm/suse/bpftool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/bpftool&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%20LTS%204.3 pkg:rpm/suse/openucx&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%20LTS%204.3 pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1 pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/perf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5
< 2.45-150100.7.57.1+ 109 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.5.0-160000.2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.15.0-150600.3.5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0.git33229.a3afe13a7f-150600.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-150100.7.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.5.0-160000.2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 7.5.0-160000.2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.0-150300.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.0-150300.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-150400.4.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-150400.4.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150500.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150500.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.15.0-150600.3.5.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17.0-150700.4.2.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.0-150300.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-150400.4.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150500.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.0-150300.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-150400.4.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.1-150500.4.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-150400.4.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-150400.4.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.18-150300.38.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.18-150300.38.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150400.44.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150400.44.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150500.52.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150500.52.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0.git33229.a3afe13a7f-150600.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0.git54263.0aad576b1c-150700.3.2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.18-150300.38.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150400.44.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150500.52.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.18-150300.38.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150400.44.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.21-150500.52.5.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgimitreexploit
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgimitreissue-tracking
vuldb.commitresignaturepermissions-required
vuldb.commitrevdb-entrytechnical-description
www.gnu.orgmitreproduct

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