CVE-2025-69649
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed header fields. During relocation processing, an invalid or null section pointer may be passed into display_relocations(), resulting in a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) and abrupt termination. No evidence of memory corruption beyond the null pointer dereference, nor any possibility of code execution, was observed.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (8)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0632binutils: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-03-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in binutils ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (7)
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- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33697cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=66a3492ce68e1ae45b2489bd9a815c39ea5d7f66cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/Patchcnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33697enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=66a3492ce68e1ae45b2489bd9a815c39ea5d7f66enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33697ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=66a3492ce68e1ae45b2489bd9a815c39ea5d7f66Patchnvd
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