A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu binutils
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu binutils

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Title GNU Binutils objdump.c disassemble_bytes stack-based overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-01-29T20:00:11.944Z

Updated: 2025-02-12T19:51:13.375Z

Reserved: 2025-01-29T15:22:38.094Z

Link: CVE-2025-0840

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-01-29T20:15:35.007

Modified: 2025-03-04T14:53:43.637

Link: CVE-2025-0840

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-01-29T20:00:11Z

Links: CVE-2025-0840 - Bugzilla