Is CVE-2025-11494 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-11494 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-11494?

CVE-2025-11494 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-11494?

CVE-2025-11494 has an EPSS score of 0.20% (10th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-11494?

Upgrade binutils on debian unstable to 2.46-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-11494

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_x86_elf_late_size_sections of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The patch is identified as b6ac5a8a5b82f0ae6a4642c8d7149b325f4cc60a. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.46-1CVE-2025-11494

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm14USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm13USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm2USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.12USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.8USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.45-7ubuntu1.2USN-7919-1

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm8USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm14USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm13USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm2USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.12USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.8USN-7919-1

Fixed in:2.45-7ubuntu1.2USN-7919-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceware.org

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory2

VDB Entry1

vuldb.com

Product1

gnu.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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