PT-2025-30997 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Binutils+3

Arthurx · Published 2025-01-01 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2025-8224

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Binutils version 2.44

Description A problematic issue exists in the BFD Library component of GNU Binutils. The bfd elf get str section function within the bfd/elf.c file is susceptible to a null pointer dereference. Local access is required for exploitation. The issue has been publicly disclosed.

Recommendations Apply the patch db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Resource Release

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-404

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2025-11378

CVE-2025-8224

ECHO-ADA5-4A5C-CD14

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15651-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20150-1

SUSE-SU-2025:21195-1

SUSE-SU-2025:21197-1

SUSE-SU-2025:4096-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Gnu Binutils

Suse

References · 87

• 🔥 https://vuldb.com/?submit.621878 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15680 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109#c2 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8224 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2025-8224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:4096-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2025-8224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:21195-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8224 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-8224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:20150-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:21197-1 · Vendor Advisory