What is CVE-2025-1181?

CVE-2025-1181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-1181?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-1181 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in GNU Binutils

CVE-2025-1181

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. This vulnerability affects the function _bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated 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 name of the patch is 931494c9a89558acb36a03a340c01726545eef24. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2025-02-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

GNU Binutils — versions 2.43
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager
NetApp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
vuldb.com/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, third-party-advisory)
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Broken Link)
sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi (exploit, Broken Link)
sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi (patch, Broken Link)
www.gnu.org/ (Product, product)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1181?: CVE-2025-1181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-1181?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-1181 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.