CVE-2025-3198: gnu binutils
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-3198 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 8Timeline
- 04-04-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
13 scores · 7 sources · 4 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- NVDNIST4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVE.orgCNA3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST1.7LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS trend
Probability
0.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
19%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.28% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (sourceware.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (vuldb.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeThe product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
- CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseThe product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
Affected systems
Alpine1 product
- binutils< 2.43.1-r3 | < 2.44-r2
Chainguard1 product
- binutils-doc< 2.45-r0
Debian1 product
- binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.45-3
Gnu1 product
- binutils2.43 | 2.44
Ubuntu1 product
- binutils< 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5 | < 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1 | < 2.38-4ubuntu2.10 | < 2.42-4ubuntu2.6
Wolfi1 product
- binutils-doc< 2.45-r0
6 vendors · 6 products
References
16 links- sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344dPatchREPORTFIXBroken Link
