CVE-2025-8225

Name	CVE-2025-8225
Description	A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function process_debug_info of the file binutils/dwarf.c of the component DWARF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. The identifier of the patch is e51fdff7d2e538c0e5accdd65649ac68e6e0ddd4. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, 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	vulnerable
	forky, sid	2.45-8	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)	2.45-3	unimportant

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e51fdff7d2e538c0e5accdd65649ac68e6e0ddd4
binutils not covered by security support