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CVE-2025-1365: GNU elfutils eu-readelf readelf.c process_symtab buffer overflow

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.34% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: azl3 elfutils 0.189-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 0.189-3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to azl3 elfutils 0.189-3 on Azure Linux 3.0 0.189-3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. This affects the function process_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument D/a leads to buffer overflow. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 5e5c0394d82c53e97750fe7b18023e6f84157b81. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

MediumCVSS 4.8 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 16, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 27th percentile

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Action score

19

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · VulDB
4.8
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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

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
elfutils projectelfutils

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • elfutils project elfutils0.192

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • GNU elfutils

    • 0.192affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12elfutilsfrom 0—
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12golang-github-boynux-squid_exporterbefore 1.13.0-1.12.21.13.0-1.12.2
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12golang-github-lusitaniae-apache_exporterbefore 1.0.10-1.27.31.0.10-1.27.3
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12golang-github-prometheus-node_exporterbefore 1.9.1-1.39.21.9.1-1.39.2
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12golang-github-prometheus-promubefore 0.17.0-1.30.20.17.0-1.30.2
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12golang-github-QubitProducts-exporter_exporterbefore 0.4.0-1.15.20.4.0-1.15.2
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12spacecmdbefore 5.0.15-38.165.25.0.15-38.165.2
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12uyuni-toolsbefore 0.1.38-1.30.20.1.38-1.30.2

Same product

elfutils project: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-16402libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have
    40Plan
  • CVE-2018-8769elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2014-0172Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.1
    28Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-25260Feb 20, 2024 · elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at readelf.c.
    16Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-1352Feb 16, 2025 · GNU elfutils eu-readelf libdw_alloc.c __libdw_thread_tail memory corruption
    9Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-1371Feb 16, 2025 · GNU elfutils eu-read readelf.c handle_dynamic_symtab null pointer dereference
    19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
azl3 elfutils 0.189-3 on Azure Linux 3.00.189-3 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
suse:golang-github-boynux-squid_exporter1.13.0-1.12.2 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:golang-github-lusitaniae-apache_exporter1.0.10-1.27.3 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:golang-github-prometheus-node_exporter1.9.1-1.39.2 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:golang-github-prometheus-promu0.17.0-1.30.2 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:golang-github-QubitProducts-exporter_exporter0.4.0-1.15.2 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:spacecmd5.0.15-38.165.2 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:uyuni-tools0.1.38-1.30.2 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-13720 days apartGNU elfutils eu-readelf readelf.c print_string_section buffer overflow
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2025-13520 days apartGNU elfutils eu-readelf libdw_alloc.c __libdw_thread_tail memory corruption
    9Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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