NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package binutils-dev (opens in a new tab)
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- published29 Sept 2025
- disclosed27 Jul 2025
Introduced: 27 Jul 2025
CVE-2025-8224 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Minimos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Minimos:latest.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils-dev package and not the binutils-dev package as distributed by Minimos.
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.
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8224
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jff4-5h8q-wpxm
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MINI-3p78-9pgc-4543
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8224
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15680
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32109#c2
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=db856d41004301b3a56438efd957ef5cabb91530
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317812
- https://vuldb.com/?id.317812
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.621878
- https://www.gnu.org/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html