CVE-2025-69651

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-8249 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedMar 6
Latest updateMar 10

Description

GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later, process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of f…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgnu/binutils2.46

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2025-69651: GNU Binutils thru 2↗2026-03-06
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GHSA
GHSA-v4pr-w75g-wfrf: GNU Binutils thru 2↗2026-03-06
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CVEList
CVE-2025-69651: GNU Binutils thru 2↗2026-03-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Microsoft
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns↗2026-03-10
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Red Hat
binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF binary processing↗2026-03-06
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Debian
CVE-2025-69651: binutils - GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2025-69651 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2025-69651 mingw-binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF binary processing [fedora-all]↗2026-03-06
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