A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function tg_tag_type of the file prdbg.c. Performing manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7899-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:45:00 +0900

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

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:30:00 +0900

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First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu binutils
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu binutils

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:15:00 +0900

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0900

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Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:15:00 +0900

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Description A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function tg_tag_type of the file prdbg.c. Performing manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.
Title GNU Binutils prdbg.c tg_tag_type return value
Weaknesses CWE-252
CWE-253
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-16T14:15:03.591Z

Reserved: 2025-10-16T08:31:52.156Z

Link: CVE-2025-11839

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-16T14:14:50.292Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-16T14:15:34.860

Modified: 2025-11-06T22:20:10.037

Link: CVE-2025-11839

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-10-16T14:02:13Z

Links: CVE-2025-11839 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-20T22:25:13Z

Weaknesses