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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gnu
  • Binutils

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References
Link Providers
https://gitlab.com/gnutools/binutils-gdb/-/commit/e51fdff7d2e538c0e5accdd65649ac68e6e0ddd4 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8225 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317813 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.317813 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.621883 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8225 cve-icon
https://www.gnu.org/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu binutils
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu binutils

Sun, 27 Jul 2025 08:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title GNU Binutils DWARF Section dwarf.c process_debug_info memory leak
Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-404
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-07-27T08:02:06.568Z

Updated: 2025-07-28T17:25:22.500Z

Reserved: 2025-07-26T12:56:22.336Z

Link: CVE-2025-8225

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-28T17:25:19.084Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-27T08:15:25.760

Modified: 2025-07-29T14:14:29.590

Link: CVE-2025-8225

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-27T08:02:06Z

Links: CVE-2025-8225 - Bugzilla