A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function bfd_malloc of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The advisory is available at sourceware.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-1150. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at sourceware.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The code maintainer explains: "I'm not going to commit some of the leak fixes I've been working on to the 2.44 branch due to concern that would destabilise ld. All of the reported leaks in this bugzilla have been fixed on binutils master." The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232131 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-1150), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232131). Once again VulDB remains the best source for 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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