Memory Leak Affecting binutils-dev package, versions <2.43.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-BINUTILSDEV-13310247
  • published6 Oct 2025
  • disclosed4 Apr 2025

Introduced: 4 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-3198  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest binutils-dev to version 2.43.1-r0 or higher.

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. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1