Memory Leak Affecting binutils package, versions <2.45-150100.7.57.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-BINUTILS-14005394
  • published15 Nov 2025
  • disclosed14 Nov 2025

Introduced: 14 Nov 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 binutils to version 2.45-150100.7.57.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 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