Is CVE-2025-1178 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-1178 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-1178?

CVE-2025-1178 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-1178?

CVE-2025-1178 has an EPSS score of 0.73% (50th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1178?

Upgrade binutils on debian unstable to 2.45-3 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-1178

MEDIUM

5.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.43. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bfd_putl64 of the file libbfd.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 75086e9de1707281172cc77f178e7949a4414ed0. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.45-3CVE-2025-1178

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.11USN-7423-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.8USN-7423-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.5USN-7423-1

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.11USN-7423-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.8USN-7423-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.5USN-7423-1

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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

50thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 50% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

vuldb.com

Third-Party Advisory2

VDB Entry1

vuldb.com

Product1

gnu.org

Other references3

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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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-21.