Bug 2404553

Summary:	CVE-2025-11840 binutils: GNU Binutils out-of-bounds read [fedora-42]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jon Moroney <jmoroney>
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	Nick Clifton <nickc>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	42	CC:	dvlasenk, fweimer, jakub, josmyers, nickc, sipoyare, suraj.ghimire7
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["ffad7a04-e5f2-4603-8304-40b675b78bf0"]}
Fixed In Version:	binutils-2.44-11.fc42	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2026-03-02 13:54:47 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2404481

Description Jon Moroney 2025-10-16 18:03:33 UTC

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Comment 1 Nick Clifton 2025-11-03 13:14:43 UTC

Fixed in binutils-2.44-11.fc42.

Comment 2 Nick Clifton 2026-03-02 13:54:47 UTC

Resolved.