Microsoft advisory for CVE-2025-11840 — cbl2 binutils
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products2
- cbl2 binutils 2.37-17 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 binutils 2.37-19 on CBL Mariner 2.0
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2025-11840
- EchelonGraph score
- 5.5 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 weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Published by VulDB, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2025-11840, 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).