CVE-2025-69649

binutils: GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary...

CVE-2025-69649 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69649, released March 6, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0031
23rd percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
binutils · Debian 14 2.46-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69649 Mar 6, 2026
mingw-binutils · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw-binutils-debuginfo · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw-binutils-debugsource · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw-binutils-generic · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw-binutils-generic-debuginfo · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw32-binutils · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw32-binutils-debuginfo · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw64-binutils · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
mingw64-binutils-debuginfo · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
ucrt64-binutils · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026
ucrt64-binutils-debuginfo · Fedora 43 2.45.1-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-9174E6EA37 Mar 27, 2026

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