A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function __sanitizer::internal_strlen of the file binutils/nm.c of the component nm. The manipulation of the argument const with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at sourceware.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-1147. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at sourceware.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232106 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-1147), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232106). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Programming Tool Software

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• GNU

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• Binutils

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• 2.43

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• open-source

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• Submit #485254: GNU binutils/nm 2.43 Buffer Overflow (by wenjusun)

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