CVE-2025-1149 - IBM Binutils Memory Leak Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2025-1149 Published : Feb. 10, 2025, 3:15 p.m. | 2 hours ago Description : A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. 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. 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." Severity: 3.1 | LOW Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...

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CVE-2025-1149 - IBM Binutils Memory Leak Vulnerability
CVE ID : CVE-2025-1149
Published : Feb. 10, 2025, 3:15 p.m. | 2 hours ago
Description : A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function xstrdup of the file libiberty/xmalloc.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory leak. 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. 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."
Severity: 3.1 | LOW
Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...