Is CVE-2025-3198 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-3198 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-3198?

CVE-2025-3198 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-3198?

CVE-2025-3198 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-3198?

Upgrade binutils on debian unstable to 2.45-3 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-3198

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)CWE-404

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.45-3CVE-2025-3198

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm13USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.10USN-7847-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.11USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.7USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.6USN-7847-1

Fixed in:2.45-7ubuntu1.1USN-7899-1

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm7USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm13USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm5USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.11+esm1USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.11USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.10USN-7847-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.6USN-7847-1

Fixed in:2.42-4ubuntu2.7USN-7899-1

Fixed in:2.45-7ubuntu1.1USN-7899-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

vuldb.com

Third-Party Advisory1

vuldb.com

Issue Tracking1

sourceware.org

VDB Entry1

vuldb.com

Product1

gnu.org

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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