CVE-2025-11414

A vulnerability was determined in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function get_link_hash_entry of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 2.46 addresses this issue. Patch name: aeaaa9af6359c8e394ce9cf24911fec4f4d23703. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

CVSS 4.0

1.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-125, CWE-119

Published

2025-10-07

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• gnu:binutils

References

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16361
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33450
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=aeaaa9af6359c8e394ce9cf24911fec4f4d23703
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.327350
• https://vuldb.com/?id.327350

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