CVE-2025-11081: GNU Binutils objdump.c dump_dwarf_section out-of-bounds

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-09-27 · updated 2026-10-09
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.45. This issue affects the function dump_dwarf_section of the file binutils/objdump.c. Performing manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Affected products

GNU Binutils: 2.45

References

https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20623354/hdf5_crash_3.txt
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406#c2
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.326122
https://vuldb.com/?id.326122
https://vuldb.com/?submit.661275
https://www.gnu.org/

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