Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Published: 2025-07-13
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-21278 A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7718-1 GNU binutils vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7847-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7899-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000


Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00013}


Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 08c3cbe5926e4d355b5cb70bbec2b1eeb40c2944. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Title GNU Binutils objcopy.c copy_section heap-based overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T12:02:34.852Z

Reserved: 2025-07-12T17:00:12.513Z

Link: CVE-2025-7545

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-14T16:43:42.032Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-07-13T22:15:23.873

Modified: 2026-05-12T13:17:29.120

Link: CVE-2025-7545

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-13T21:44:08Z

Links: CVE-2025-7545 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-14T22:45:22Z

Weaknesses