Microsoft advisory for CVE-2025-1179
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products5
- azl3 binutils 2.41-7 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 gdb 13.2-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 binutils 2.37-15 on CBL-Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 gdb 11.2-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 gdb 11.2-6 on CBL-Mariner 2.0
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2025-1179
- EchelonGraph score
- 5.0 MEDIUM
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]his bug has been fixed at some point between the 2.43 and 2.44 releases".
Published by VulDB, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2025-1179, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).