CVE-2025-1181

Publication date 11 February 2025

Last updated 7 April 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This vulnerability affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 24.10 oracular
Fixed 2.43.1-4ubuntu1.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2.42-4ubuntu2.5
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.11
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn’t safe for untrusted inputs.