{"id":"CVE-2025-8224","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-8224","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:29:28.697Z","title":"A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic.","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.","published":"2025-07-27T06:15:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T02:18:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":1.9,"severity":"LOW","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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-404","CWE-476"],"affected":["gnu/binutils"],"epss":{"score":0.00256,"percentile":0.17049,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15680","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109#c2","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317812","tags":["Permissions Required","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?id.317812","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/?submit.621878","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://www.gnu.org/","tags":["Product"],"source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8224","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}