UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7545

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7545
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7545.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-7545
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Published
2025-07-13T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-08-27T05:03:10Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu1
2.24-2ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu3
2.24-4ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu2
2.24-5ubuntu3
2.24-5ubuntu3.1
2.24-5ubuntu13
2.24-5ubuntu14
2.24-5ubuntu14.1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5
2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12

Affected versions

2.*

2.25.1-6ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu2
2.25.51.20151022-0ubuntu3
2.25.51.20151027-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151028-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151106-0ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-1ubuntu1
2.25.51.20151113-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151125-2ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu1
2.25.90.20151211-0ubuntu2
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu1
2.25.90.20160101-1ubuntu2
2.26-2ubuntu1
2.26-3ubuntu1
2.26-4ubuntu1
2.26-5ubuntu1
2.26-6ubuntu1
2.26-7ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu1
2.26-8ubuntu2
2.26-8ubuntu2.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.4
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.5
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.7
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm3
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm4
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9
2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-alpha-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-m68k-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-s390x-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-sh4-linux-gnu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12",
            "binary_name": "binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.29.1-4ubuntu1
2.29.1-6ubuntu1
2.29.1-7ubuntu1
2.29.1-8ubuntu1
2.29.1-10ubuntu1
2.29.1-12ubuntu1
2.30-4ubuntu1
2.30-5ubuntu1
2.30-7ubuntu1
2.30-8ubuntu1
2.30-9ubuntu1
2.30-10ubuntu1
2.30-11ubuntu1
2.30-14ubuntu2
2.30-15ubuntu1
2.30-20ubuntu2~18.04
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.1
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.2
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.3
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.4
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.5
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.7
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm3
2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm4

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.34-6ubuntu1.11?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.33-2ubuntu1
2.33.1-1ubuntu1
2.33.1-5ubuntu1
2.33.1-6ubuntu1
2.33.1-6ubuntu3
2.33.90.20200122-1ubuntu2
2.34-1ubuntu1
2.34-3ubuntu1
2.34-4ubuntu1
2.34-5ubuntu1
2.34-6ubuntu1
2.34-6ubuntu1.1
2.34-6ubuntu1.3
2.34-6ubuntu1.4
2.34-6ubuntu1.5
2.34-6ubuntu1.6
2.34-6ubuntu1.7
2.34-6ubuntu1.8
2.34-6ubuntu1.9
2.34-6ubuntu1.10
2.34-6ubuntu1.11

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.38-4ubuntu2.8?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.37-7ubuntu1
2.37-9ubuntu1
2.37-10ubuntu1
2.37.50.20220106-2ubuntu1
2.37.90.20220126-0ubuntu1
2.37.90.20220130-0ubuntu2
2.38-1ubuntu1
2.38-2ubuntu1
2.38-3ubuntu1
2.38-4ubuntu2
2.38-4ubuntu2.1
2.38-4ubuntu2.2
2.38-4ubuntu2.3
2.38-4ubuntu2.4
2.38-4ubuntu2.5
2.38-4ubuntu2.6
2.38-4ubuntu2.7
2.38-4ubuntu2.8

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.42-4ubuntu2.5?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.41-5ubuntu1
2.41-6ubuntu1
2.41.50.20231206-1ubuntu1
2.41.50.20231214-1ubuntu1
2.41.50.20231227-1ubuntu1
2.41.90.20240122-1ubuntu1
2.42-2ubuntu1
2.42-3ubuntu1
2.42-4ubuntu1
2.42-4ubuntu2
2.42-4ubuntu2.3
2.42-4ubuntu2.4
2.42-4ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu:25.04 / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.44-3ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.43.1-4ubuntu1
2.43.50.20241126-3ubuntu1
2.43.50.20241204-2ubuntu1
2.43.50.20241210-1ubuntu2
2.43.50.20241215-1ubuntu1
2.43.50.20241221-1ubuntu1
2.43.50.20241230-1ubuntu1
2.43.50.20250108-1ubuntu1
2.44-1ubuntu1
2.44-2ubuntu1
2.44-3ubuntu1