CVE-2025-1372
Publication date 17 February 2025
Last updated 6 November 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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| elfutils | ||
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 0.186-1ubuntu0.1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
7.8 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7369-1
- elfutils vulnerabilities
- 24 March 2025
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1372
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15927
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656#c3
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32657
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295981
- https://vuldb.com/?id.295981
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.496485
- https://www.gnu.org/