USN-7919-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

USN-7919-1: GNU binutils vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Wed, 12/10/2025 - 19:52
It was discovered that GNU binutils' dump_dwarf_section function could be manipulated to perform an out-of-bounds read. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11081) It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11082) It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11083) It was discovered that certain GNU binutils functions could be manipulated to perform out-of-bounds reads. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-11412, CVE-2025-11413, CVE-2025-11414) It was discovered that GNU binutils' _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections function could be manipulated to perform an out-of-bounds read. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.04, and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11494) It was discovered that GNU binutils' elf_x86_64_relocate_section function could be manipulated to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 25.04 and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-11495)

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