PT-2025-42480 · Gnu+4 · Gnu Binutils+4

Jjleo · Published 2025-10-16 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2025-11840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.45

Description A flaw exists in GNU Binutils 2.45 within the vfinfo function located in the ldmisc.c file. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read condition when manipulation occurs. The issue is locally exploitable and the exploit has been publicly released.

Recommendations Apply patch 16357 to resolve this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-02741

CVE-2025-11840

ECHO-D807-1CAD-5F60

OESA-2025-2624

OESA-2025-2625

OESA-2025-2626

OESA-2025-2627

OESA-2025-2628

OESA-2025-2629

RHSA-2026:7098

USN-7899-1

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Binutils

Linuxmint

Red Os

Ubuntu

References · 58

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16351 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33455 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3198 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11840 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11840 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-2624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7899-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2026-0518SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-02741 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16357 · Patch
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2026-0224SE18 · Vendor Advisory