CVE-2025-1153 - CVE House

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Status published Low CVE-2025-1153

GNU Binutils format.c bfd_set_format memory corruption

2.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfd_set_format of the file format.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 8d97c1a53f3dc9fd8e1ccdb039b8a33d50133150. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

wenjusun (VulDB User)

References

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Affected Vendor

GNU

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Affected Software

Binutils

Vulnerable Versions:

2.43, 2.44

Timeline

Official Publish: February 10th, 2025

Last Modified: April 4th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

T1055 Process Injection

Defense Evasion

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control