CVE-2025-1365

NameCVE-2025-1365
DescriptionA vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. This affects the function process_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument D/a leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 5e5c0394d82c53e97750fe7b18023e6f84157b81. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
elfutils (PTS)bullseye0.183-1vulnerable
bookworm0.188-2.1vulnerable
sid, trixie0.192-4vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
elfutilssource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32654
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=5e5c0394d82c53e97750fe7b18023e6f84157b81
Crash in CLI tool, considered only to be a normal bug by upstream

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