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 further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gnu
  • Binutils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69651 cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33700 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa921 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69651 cve-icon
History

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu binutils
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu binutils

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF binary processing
Weaknesses CWE-824
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Low

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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 further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-10T02:41:46.777Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-69651

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T02:41:37.766Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-06T18:16:16.633

Modified: 2026-03-10T20:34:20.880

Link: CVE-2025-69651

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-69651 - Bugzilla