CVE-2025-5245 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in GNU Binutils up to version 2.44, specifically within the objdump component's debug_type_samep function in /binutils/debug.c. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires local access with low attack complexity. While the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it currently lacks exploit intelligence tools or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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