CVE-2025-8224CWE-404CWE-476

CVE-2025-8224

Low · published July 27, 2025

CVSS v3.1
3.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function bfd_elf_get_str_section of the file bfd/elf.c of the component BFD Library. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.3 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00256 · 16.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release; CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2025-07-27T10:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/binutilsall versions—
References (10)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15680 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109#c2 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317812 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/?id.317812 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/?submit.621878 · [email protected]https://www.gnu.org/ · [email protected]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JUL 05:32Z
    GNU Binutils BFD Library elf.c bfd_elf_get_str_section null pointer dereference
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