CVE-2025-69651

binutils: GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a craft...

CVE-2025-69651 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69651, released March 6, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0027
19th percentile

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. 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

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
binutils · Debian 14 2.46-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69651 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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