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CVE-2025-8224 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 4.8 MEDIUM
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/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15680 VulDB Exploit 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109 VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109#c2 VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530 VulDB Mailing List 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317812 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.317812 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.621878 VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.gnu.org/ VulDB Product 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST   VulDB  
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-8224
NVD Published Date:
07/27/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/01/2025
Source:
VulDB