CVE-2025-1176GNU Binutils ld elflink.c _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec heap-based overflow
- 2.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.67%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 47% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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Timeline
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Published
- 59 days later
· 59 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Low2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 4.0 | Low2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 47% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.3.
Affected products
References
References8
- VDB-295079 | GNU Binutils ld elflink.c _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec heap-based overflow (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-295079 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #495329 | GNU binutils/ld 2.43 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32636 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15913 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f9978defb6fab0bd8583942d97c112b0932ac814 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.gnu.org/ (opens in a new tab)product
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0007/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-2050 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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