CVE-2025-1152

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43. Affected is the function xstrdup of the file xstrdup.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is possible to launch 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. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master."

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW
CVSS v2.0 2.6 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

2.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15887
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32576
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295056
https://vuldb.com/?id.295056
https://www.gnu.org/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

10 Feb 2025, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-02-10 18:15

Updated : 2025-02-10 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-1152

Mitre link : CVE-2025-1152

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-1152

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-404

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

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