CVE-2025-11081: GNU Binutils

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.45. This issue affects the function dump_dwarf_section of the file binutils/objdump.c. Performing manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.45 only

Published 2025-09-27. Last modified 2026-10-09.