VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-69648

GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data.

MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.18%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 3.1: 6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.18% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-835
Affected: gnu/binutils
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33641Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=598704a00cbac5e85c2bedd363357b5bf6fcee33Patch

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.