CVE-2025-1372
Published: 17 February 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-1372 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU elfutils version 0.192, affecting the dump_data_section and print_string_section functions within the readelf.c file of the eu-readelf component. The issue arises from manipulation of the z/x argument, classified under CWE-119 and CWE-120. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), though described as critical in advisories.
The vulnerability requires local access with low privileges to exploit, involving low complexity and no user interaction. A successful attack triggers a buffer overflow, potentially allowing limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as partial data exposure, modification, or denial of service. An exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by local attackers.
Advisories recommend applying the patch identified by commit hash 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db to mitigate the issue. Relevant details, including the patch attachment, are documented in Sourceware Bugzilla entries such as bug 32656 and related comments, along with VulDB entry ctiid.295981.
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