CVE-2025-11083

A head based buffer overflow flaw has been discovered in GNU bin utilities. The affected element is the function elf_swap_shdr in the library bfd/elfcode.h of the component Linker. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally.

Red Hat rates this vulnerability as Moderate as a result of how the GNU Binutils are configured to be used in Red Hat products. When running with default configurations the affected program will have limited privileges and thus the impact of this flaw will be restricted.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.