CVE-2025-69648 — Infinite Loop in Binutils
Severity
6.2MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 9
Latest updateMar 16
Description
GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing path causes readelf to repeatedly print the same warning message without making forward progress, resulting in a non-terminating output loop that requires manual interruption. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages1 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
3🕵️Threat Intelligence
1💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2025-69648 mingw-binutils: infinite loop in readelf via crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data [fedora-all]↗2026-03-16