CVE-2025-8224
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 1.9 LOWCVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 17th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-404, CWE-476
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15680Exploit
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109#c2Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530Mailing List
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317812Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.317812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.621878Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/Product
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.