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Medium USN-7718-1 1 CVE

binutils vulnerability

Published Aug 26, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS binutils 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm12

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2025-7545 Public exploit

    GNU Binutils objcopy.c copy_section heap-based overflow

    A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected by this vulnerability is the function copy_section of the file binutils/objcopy.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. The…

    GNU Binutils binutils binutils Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-7545