Buffer Overflow in GNU elfutils (CVE-2025-1352)
Summary
Vulnerability in GNU elfutils (CVE-2025-1352). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function __libdw_thread_tail in the library libdw_alloc.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument w leads to memory corruption. The attack can be initiated 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 name of the patch is 2636426a091bd6c6f7f02e49ab20d4cdc6bfc753. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-1352 has been found in GNU elfutils.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.0/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GNU elfutils CVE-2025-1352" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-1352 (GNU elfutils) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 5.0
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in GNU elfutils.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GNU elfutils.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.0/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで GNU elfutils を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1352 elfutils
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1352 elfutils
References
- web sourceware.org
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- web vuldb.com
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- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web gnu.org
- web github.com