A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00211.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gnu
  • Binutils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-2053 A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1179 cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15915 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32640#c1 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295082 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.295082 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495376 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1179 cve-icon
https://www.gnu.org/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.001}

 epss

{'score': 0.00112}

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu binutils
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu binutils

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

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 threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".
Title GNU Binutils ld libbfd.c bfd_putl64 memory corruption
Weaknesses CWE-119
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': '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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-11T15:15:23.220Z

Reserved: 2025-02-10T10:50:13.963Z

Link: CVE-2025-1179

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-11T15:14:38.760Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-11T07:15:30.230

Modified: 2025-03-03T16:52:20.953

Link: CVE-2025-1179

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-11T07:00:10Z

Links: CVE-2025-1179 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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