Security fixes in binutils 2.46.0-r0 (CVE-2025-11083)
Package binutils version 2.46.0-r0 fixes 2 vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-11083, CVE-2025-11082
AI Analysis
Technical 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.
Potential 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.
Mitigation Recommendations
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.
Security fixes in binutils 2.46.0-r0 (CVE-2025-11083)
Description
Package binutils version 2.46.0-r0 fixes 2 vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-11083, CVE-2025-11082
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Technical Analysis
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.
Potential 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.
Mitigation Recommendations
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.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:0482
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1cb4853345fc18229c2
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:51 UTC
Last enriched: 07/14/2026, 10:59:12 UTC
Last updated: 09/09/2026, 22:52:03 UTC
Views: 96
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