CVE-2025-11840

Severity CVSS v4.0:

LOW

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

16/10/2025

Last modified:

12/05/2026

Description

A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing a 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 used for attacks. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.90 LOW
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None
Exploit Maturity (E): POC

Base Score 4.0

1.90

Severity 4.0

LOW

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

3.30

Severity 3.x

LOW

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.70 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical