CVE-2025-11081

Name	CVE-2025-11081
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
binutils (PTS)	bullseye	2.35.2-2	vulnerable
	bookworm	2.40-2	vulnerable
	trixie	2.44-3	vulnerable
	forky, sid	2.45-7	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
binutils	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33406
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f87a66db645caf8cc0e6fc87b0c28c78a38af59b
binutils not covered by security support