CVE-2025-69650

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.

CVE-2025-69650 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69650, released March 6, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVSS

7.8

Important

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0059

48th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Linux
binutils · Debian 14	2.46-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69650	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

Details

Published
March 6, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vendor advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-69650

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