CVE-2025-3198 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Binutils

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime8 documents7 sources

Severity

4.8MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.1%

top 79.03%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

GNU Binutils

Timeline

PublishedApr 4

Latest updateDec 1

Description

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS 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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.45-3

▶CVEListV5gnu/binutils2.43, 2.44+1

▶NVDgnu/binutils2.43, 2.44+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-4m4r-j72q-7w52: A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2↗2025-04-04

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CVEList

GNU Binutils objdump bucomm.c display_info memory leak↗2025-04-04

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OSV

CVE-2025-3198: A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2↗2025-04-04

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📋Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu

GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-12-01

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Ubuntu

GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2025-10-29

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Red Hat

binutils: GNU Binutils objdump bucomm.c display_info memory leak↗2025-04-04

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Debian

CVE-2025-3198: binutils - A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as probl...↗2025

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