CVE-2025-69650
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any tagged version.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (6)
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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.
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references (16)
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- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33698cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33700cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=81e90cf63a10ad11772c2437c8f2a88f1a00c739cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa92cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa921cnnvd
- https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/Patchcnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33698enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33700enisa_euvd
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