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title: "CVE-2025-3198\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2025-3198

Publication date 4 April 2025

Last updated 1 December 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**3.3 · Low**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3198?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3198?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| binutils | 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Fixed 2.44-3ubuntu1.1 |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 2.42-4ubuntu2.6 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.10 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-3198?format=md#patch-details)

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## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| binutils | * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=patch;h=ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

3.3 · Low

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | Low |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 3.3 · Low |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-3198)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3198)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-3198)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-3198)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7847-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7847-1)
+ GNU binutils vulnerabilities
+ 29 October 2025

+ [USN-7899-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7899-1)
+ GNU binutils vulnerabilities
+ 1 December 2025

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3198>
* <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716>
* <https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d>
* <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32716#c0>
* <https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.303151>
* <https://vuldb.com/?id.303151>
* <https://vuldb.com/?submit.545773>
* <https://www.gnu.org/>