CVE-2025-69648Infinite Loop in Binutils

CWE-835Infinite Loop9 documents9 sources
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

NVDgnu/binutils2.45.1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4x33-566w-9pg7: GNU Binutils thru 22026-03-09
CVEList
CVE-2025-69648: GNU Binutils thru 22026-03-09
OSV
CVE-2025-69648: GNU Binutils thru 22026-03-09

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
CVE-2025-69648: Mariner: Mariner mitre: mitre Customer Action Required: Yes2026-03-10
Red Hat
binutils: infinite loop in readelf via crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data2026-03-09
Debian
CVE-2025-69648: binutils - GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when...2025

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-69648 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-69648 mingw-binutils: infinite loop in readelf via crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data [fedora-all]2026-03-16