Vulnerability in GNU Binutils (CVE-2025-8224)
Summary
Vulnerability in GNU Binutils (CVE-2025-8224). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8224 has been found in GNU Binutils.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GNU Binutils CVE-2025-8224" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-8224 (GNU Binutils) — CWE-404 / CVSS v3 3.3
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-404) exists in GNU Binutils.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GNU Binutils.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで GNU Binutils を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2025-8224 binutils Fixed in: 2.44-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8224 binutils
References
- advisory cna@vuldb.com
- exploit cna@vuldb.com
- exploit cna@vuldb.com
- exploit cna@vuldb.com
- exploit cna@vuldb.com
- mailing cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web gnu.org
- web github.com