How severe is CVE-2025-0840?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2025-0840?

This is classified as CWE-119, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2025-0840 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 7.5

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.43. This affects the function disassemble_bytes of the file binutils/objdump.c. The manipulation of the argument buf leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.44 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is baac6c221e9d69335bf41366a1c7d87d8ab2f893. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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