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Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-3198GNU Binutils objdump bucomm.c display_info memory leak

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity memory leak in Binutils from GNU. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.21binutils2.43.1-r3ALPINE-CVE-2025-3198
Alpine:v3.22binutils2.44-r2ALPINE-CVE-2025-3198
Alpine:v3.23binutils2.44-r2ALPINE-CVE-2025-3198
Alpine:v3.24binutils2.44-r2ALPINE-CVE-2025-3198
Debian:12binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-3198
Debian:13binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-3198
Debian:14binutils2.45-3DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3198
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.10USN-7847-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.11USN-7899-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3198
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutils2.42-4ubuntu2.7USN-7899-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutils2.42-4ubuntu2.6USN-7847-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutils2.42-4ubuntu2.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3198
Ubuntu:25.10binutils2.45-7ubuntu1.1USN-7899-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GNU Binutils 2.432.44

Weakness: CWE-401, CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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