Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 13, 2025· Updated May 12, 2026

CVE-2025-7546

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 41461010eb7c79fee7a9d5f6209accdaac66cc6b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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Affected products

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GNU/Binutils2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =2.45
osv-coords120 versions
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< 2.45.1-r1+ 119 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.45-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.5.0-160000.2.3
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