CVE-2025-1180GNU Binutils ld elf-eh-frame.c _bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame memory corruption
- 2.3LowCVSS base score
- 0.70%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This affects the function _bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame of the file bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. It is possible to initiate 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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits3
References tagged exploit3 references
- Submit #495381 | GNU ld 2.43 Illegal read access with --gc-sections --gc-keep-exporte option (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32642 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15917 (opens in a new tab)exploit
Timeline
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Published
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:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Low2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/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)
- 0.70% · top 46% of all CVEs (15 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
References6
- VDB-295083 | GNU Binutils ld elf-eh-frame.c _bfd_elf_write_section_eh_frame memory corruption (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-295083 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #495381 | GNU ld 2.43 Illegal read access with --gc-sections --gc-keep-exporte option (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32642 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15917 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://www.gnu.org/ (opens in a new tab)product
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-2025-2054 (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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