# CVE-2025-8225: GNU Binutils DWARF Section dwarf.c process_debug_info memory leak

> A local attacker can trigger a memory leak in GNU Binutils, potentially causing a 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/E:P`)
- **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:** 27 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2025-8225, AZL-65955, AZL-65960, BELL-CVE-2025-8225, CLSA-2025-1765802003, CLSA-2025-1766051004, CLSA-2026-1769506462, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8225, ECHO-ce55-e121-bb57, GHSA-q2gw-9mg2-9rh3, MINI-23wm-jhm6-4r63, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-8225, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8225

## What is CVE-2025-8225?

CVE-2025-8225 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 27 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.44 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function process_debug_info of the file binutils/dwarf.c of the component DWARF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. Attacking locally is a requirement. The identifier of the patch is e51fdff7d2e538c0e5accdd65649ac68e6e0ddd4. 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-2025-8225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gnu Binutils.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8225?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-8225 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8225 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-2025-8225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8225 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 27 Jul 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-2025-8225 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-2025-8225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8225

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