A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-2130 A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7369-1 elfutils vulnerabilities
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History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Elfutils Project
Elfutils Project elfutils
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.192:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Elfutils Project
Elfutils Project elfutils

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00034}

epss

{'score': 0.00021}


Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Title GNU elfutils eu-readelf readelf.c print_string_section buffer overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-120
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-18T15:55:33.549Z

Reserved: 2025-02-16T10:36:37.537Z

Link: CVE-2025-1372

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-18T15:54:12.742Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-02-17T03:15:09.573

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:19:09.520

Link: CVE-2025-1372

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-17T03:00:36Z

Links: CVE-2025-1372 - Bugzilla

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