CVE-2025-11839

Name	CVE-2025-11839
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 a manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, 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	2.46-3	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
binutils	source	(unstable)	2.46-1	unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33448
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=12ef7d5b7b02d0023db645d86eb9d0797bc747fe (binutils-2_46)
binutils not covered by security support