🛡️ CVE-2025-5244 on Ubuntu — binutils

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-5244 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package binutils. The fix is available in version 2.42-4ubuntu2.6; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5244 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5244 is recorded against 1 package.

• binutils (fixed in 2.42-4ubuntu2.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 May 2025 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
sourceware.org (Report)
sourceware.org (Report)
sourceware.org (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
www.gnu.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

binutils has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-1180 (2.0 Low, published 20 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-1180 (2.0 Low, published 12 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-6846 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2025-69649 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-3442 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2025-5245 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-3441 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2025-5244 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds) in other software:

• CVE-2017-12601 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12862 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-1941 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-4179 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-4155 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-0270 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-33162 (7.3 High, published 16 Aug 2024)
• CVE-2022-33267 (6.7 Medium, published 6 Jun 2023)

CVE-2025-5244 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

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References