CVE intelligence

CVE-2025-5244

Vulnerability intelligence

Published May 27, 2025Sources checked Nov 12, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2025-5244 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Aug 12, 2026

Vendor remediation details

CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

2.41-6
11.2-9
2.37-15
11.2-10

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.3%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2025-5244?

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils up to 2.44. It has been rated as critical.

Affected by this issue is the function elf_gc_sweep of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component ld. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.

An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Upgrading to version 2.45 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Source: NVD