SB2025040819 - Memory leak in GNU Binutils
Published: April 8, 2025 Updated: August 22, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3198)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the display_info() function in binutils/bucomm.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8225)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the process_debug_info() function in binutils/dwarf.c. A local user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716#c0
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.303151
- https://gitlab.com/gnutools/binutils-gdb/-/commit/e51fdff7d2e538c0e5accdd65649ac68e6e0ddd4
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317813
- https://vuldb.com/?id.317813
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.621883