CVE-2025-11840

Publication date 16 October 2025

Last updated 1 December 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3 · Low

Score breakdown

Description

A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 25.10 questing
Fixed 2.45-7ubuntu1.1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 2.44-3ubuntu1.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2.42-4ubuntu2.7
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.11
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm13
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7

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Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
binutils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7899-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 1 December 2025

Other references