#VU114359 Memory leak in Binutils - CVE-2025-8225

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#VU114359 Memory leak in Binutils - CVE-2025-8225

Published: August 22, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114359
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8225
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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