Disclosure summary
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-119, CWE-125
Source-specific records & product guidance
Sources retain their own attribution and scoring. Follow the original record to confirm affected versions, fixed releases, and configuration conditions.
NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2025-11494
Open original source · Updated Oct 08, 2026
Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.
| Vendor | Product / association | Version / bounds |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | binutils | 2.45 |
Microsoft Security Updates (CVRF) · 2025-Oct
Open original source · Updated Dec 02, 2025
GNU Binutils Linker elfxx-x86.c _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections out-of-bounds
Maximum of vendor-reported product scores; products and fixed builds are associations, not a universal affected-version statement.
Microsoft maximum product score: 3.3
| Vendor | Product / association | Version / bounds |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft update guide | cbl2 binutils 2.37-19 on CBL Mariner 2.0 | (MSRC status code 3) |
| Microsoft update guide | cbl2 crash 8.0.1-5 on CBL Mariner 2.0 | (MSRC status code 3) |
| Microsoft update guide | azl3 binutils 2.41-10 on Azure Linux 3.0 | (MSRC status code 3) |
| Microsoft update guide | cbl2 gdb 11.2-10 on CBL Mariner 2.0 | (MSRC status code 3) |
| Microsoft update guide | azl3 crash 8.0.4-5 on Azure Linux 3.0 | (MSRC status code 3) |
Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- sourceware.org — Broken Link
- sourceware.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- sourceware.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- sourceware.org — Patch
- vuldb.com — Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- vuldb.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- vuldb.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.gnu.org — Product
- cert-portal.siemens.com
PUBLISHED 2025-10-08T16:15:34-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-08T09:10:00-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-08T12:30:36-04:00