CVE-2025-1179

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1179
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-1179.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-1179
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-02-11T07:00:10.602Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:49:17.203391088Z
Severity
  • 2.3 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
GNU Binutils ld libbfd.c bfd_putl64 memory corruption
Details

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known 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. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "VulDB",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.43"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.43"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-119"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/1xxx/CVE-2025-1179.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
57f3676f3e5266829a91880d61143ab9ecd617bd
Last affected
57f3676f3e5266829a91880d61143ab9ecd617bd
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.43"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.43"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.43
Other
binutils-2_43

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-1179.json"