| Release Date: | 2025-09-27 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 9ca499644a21ceb3f946d1c179c38a83be084490. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. The code maintainer replied with "[f]ixed for 2.46".
See more information about CVE-2025-11083 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 5.3 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Low |
| Integrity Impact: | Low |
| Availability Impact: | Low |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 10 (binutils) | ELSA-2025-23306 | 2025-12-19 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (binutils) | ELSA-2025-23382 | 2025-12-18 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (binutils) | ELSA-2025-23343 | 2025-12-18 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (gcc-toolset-13-binutils) | ELSA-2025-23336 | 2025-12-18 |
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