CVE-2025-8225

Publication date 27 July 2025

Last updated 1 December 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
binutils	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 2.44-3ubuntu1.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.42-4ubuntu2.6
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.10
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm13
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7

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Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
binutils	Upstream: e51fdff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.3 · Low
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L