# CVE-2025-3198: GNU Binutils objdump bucomm.c display_info memory leak

> A local attacker can cause a memory leak in GNU Binutils objdump, leading to resource exhaustion and denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 4 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2025-3198, AZL-86922, BELL-CVE-2025-3198, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3198, ECHO-9f76-c987-def2, GHSA-4m4r-j72q-7w52, MINI-wv7m-6qrg-cw9q, OESA-2025-1578, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-3198, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3198

## What is CVE-2025-3198?

CVE-2025-3198 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 4 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-404 (Improper Resource Shutdown or Release), CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3198?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gnu Binutils.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3198?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-3198 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3198 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Binutils

- [CVE-2017-7614](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7614/): Null dereference in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-9939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9939/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7226/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-6969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6969/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-19726](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19726/): Denial of service in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3198 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3198 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 4 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3198 exists.

Affected product: Gnu Binutils. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3198/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3198/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3198
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3198
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3198

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