| Name | CVE-2025-8224 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| binutils (PTS) | bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.44-3 | fixed |
| forky | 2.45-6 | fixed |
| sid | 2.45-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.43.1-4 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530
binutils not covered by security support