A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. This affects the function debug_type_samep of the file /binutils/debug.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

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 Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gnu
  • Binutils

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Vendors Products
Gnu
  • Binutils
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-2025-5245 cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16004 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32829 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6c3458a8b7ee7d39f070c7b2350851cb2110c65a cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310347 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.310347 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.584635 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5245 cve-icon
https://www.gnu.org/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 28 May 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 27 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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

Tue, 27 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. This affects the function debug_type_samep of the file /binutils/debug.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Title GNU Binutils objdump debug.c debug_type_samep memory corruption
Weaknesses CWE-119
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: 2025-05-27T15:20:54.076Z

Reserved: 2025-05-27T08:07:06.452Z

Link: CVE-2025-5245

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-27T15:20:50.875Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-27T15:15:36.057

Modified: 2025-10-03T14:45:57.887

Link: CVE-2025-5245

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-05-27T14:31:12Z

Links: CVE-2025-5245 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-06-24T09:44:15Z