CVE-2025-1178

Name: CVE-2025-1178
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2025-02-11T07:15:29.997+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 6.3/10EPSS 0.73%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-1178 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.3/10 on the CVSS scale. A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfd_putl64 of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 75086e9de1707281172cc77f178e7949a4414ed0. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5.6/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS 4.0

6.3/10

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/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

EPSS Probability

0.73%

49.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Binutils	2.43
Netapp	Active Iq Unified Manager	All versions
Netapp	Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility	All versions

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15914Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32638Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=75086e9de1707281172cc77f178e7949a4414ed0Broken Link
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295081Permissions Required, VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.295081Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.495369Exploit, VDB Entry
https://www.gnu.org/Product
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0008/Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32638Broken Link

Timeline

Published: Feb 11, 2025
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-1178?

How severe is CVE-2025-1178?

CVE-2025-1178 has a CVSS score of 6.3/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.73% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1178?

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Source: NVD / NIST