CVE-2025-11839 (GCVE-0-2025-11839)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-16 14:02 – Updated: 2025-10-16 14:15
VLAI?
Summary
A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function tg_tag_type of the file prdbg.c. Performing manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value
  • CWE-253 - Incorrect Check of Function Return Value
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GNU Binutils Affected: 2.45
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Credits
JJLeo (VulDB User)
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