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CVE-2025-0840

Public on 2025-01-29
Modified on 2025-02-03
Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads to stack-based buffer overflow. 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. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core binutils 2025-02-26 22:35 ALAS2-2025-2771
Amazon Linux 2023 binutils 2025-02-26 23:14 ALAS2023-2025-874
Amazon Linux 2 - Core gcc10-binutils 2025-02-26 22:35 ALAS2-2025-2772

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Red Hat: CVE-2025-0840 Mitre: CVE-2025-0840 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity