CVE-2025-5245

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. This affects the function debug_type_samep of the file /binutils/debug.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS 4.0

4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 22% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-119

Published

2025-05-27

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• gnu:binutils

References

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16004
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32829
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6c3458a8b7ee7d39f070c7b2350851cb2110c65a
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310347
• https://vuldb.com/?id.310347

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