security update for binutils
Affects SUSE Product Security Team SUSESource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · fixed in 8.8.3 : update SUSE Product Security Team SUSE when convenient.
Data as of 10/25/2026, 07:59:01 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV, no exploitation reported
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 16% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 8.8.3
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Red Hatredhat/binutilspkg:rpm/redhat/binutilsOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated binutils packages that fix this heap-based overflow vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions should apply the provided security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23232 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Description
Package binutils version 2.46.0-r0 fixes 2 vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-11083, CVE-2025-11082
Impact
A heap-based overflow in the linker could potentially lead to memory corruption, which might be exploited to cause a denial of service or other unintended behavior when processing object files. The advisory rates the impact as moderate. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2025-11083 is a heap-based overflow in the GNU Binutils linker component. Binutils provides various binary utilities such as ar, as, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, and others used for handling object files. The issue was identified and fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:23232) describing this moderate severity flaw and providing updated packages to remediate the vulnerability.
Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #5
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23382 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2399948 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_23382.json (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23232 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_23232.json (opens in a new tab)
- gnu.org/software/binutils/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2026_0342.json (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/suse-liberty-linux-updates/2026-January/002417.html (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11083/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2025_23400.json (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/suse-liberty-linux-updates/2025-December/002336.html (opens in a new tab)