CVE-2025-8225

LOW

GNU Binutils - Memory Leak

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function process_debug_info of the file binutils/dwarf.c of the component DWARF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. The identifier of the patch is e51fdff7d2e538c0e5accdd65649ac68e6e0ddd4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401 CWE-404
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/binutils 2.44
Published Jul 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026