Red Hat Security Advisory: binutils security update
Two heap-based overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-11082 and CVE-2025-11083) were discovered in the GNU Binutils Linker component of the binutils package. These vulnerabilities affect the binary utilities used for manipulating object code in various formats. Red Hat has issued a security advisory and released updated binutils packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to address these issues. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The binutils package, which includes utilities such as ar, as, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, and others, contains two heap-based overflow vulnerabilities in the GNU Binutils Linker (CVE-2025-11082 and CVE-2025-11083). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption when processing object files. Red Hat has released updated binutils packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to fix these issues. The advisory classifies the security impact as moderate and provides links to updated packages and remediation instructions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these heap-based overflow vulnerabilities could lead to memory corruption within the linker utilities, potentially causing crashes or other unintended behavior. The advisory rates the impact as moderate. There are no reports of known exploits in the wild, indicating limited or no active exploitation at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated binutils packages that address these vulnerabilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:23405) and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). Patch status is confirmed with official fixes available. No additional mitigation steps are specified by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: binutils security update
Description
Two heap-based overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-11082 and CVE-2025-11083) were discovered in the GNU Binutils Linker component of the binutils package. These vulnerabilities affect the binary utilities used for manipulating object code in various formats. Red Hat has issued a security advisory and released updated binutils packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to address these issues. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The binutils package, which includes utilities such as ar, as, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, and others, contains two heap-based overflow vulnerabilities in the GNU Binutils Linker (CVE-2025-11082 and CVE-2025-11083). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption when processing object files. Red Hat has released updated binutils packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support to fix these issues. The advisory classifies the security impact as moderate and provides links to updated packages and remediation instructions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these heap-based overflow vulnerabilities could lead to memory corruption within the linker utilities, potentially causing crashes or other unintended behavior. The advisory rates the impact as moderate. There are no reports of known exploits in the wild, indicating limited or no active exploitation at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated binutils packages that address these vulnerabilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:23405) and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). Patch status is confirmed with official fixes available. No additional mitigation steps are specified by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:23405
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-11083"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1d84853345fc1827dd3
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:04 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:17:57 UTC
Last updated: 06/29/2026, 14:51:10 UTC
Views: 2
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