CVE-2025-69652
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 6.2
GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an abort (SIGABRT) when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information. Due to incomplete state cleanup in process_debug_info(), an invalid debug_info_p state may propagate into DWARF attribute parsing routines. When certain malformed attributes result in an unexpected data length of zero, byte_get_little_endian() triggers a fatal abort. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.
Products: gnu binutils
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chainguard | binutils | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | binutils-dev | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | binutils-doc | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Chainguard | binutils-gold | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Debian 12 | binutils | no fix |
| Debian 13 | binutils | no fix |
| Debian 14 | binutils | 2.46-1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-devel | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gold | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gprofng | 0:2.45.1-5.hum1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Wolfi | binutils | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Wolfi | binutils-dev | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Wolfi | binutils-doc | 2.46.1-r0 |
| Wolfi | binutils-gold | 2.46.1-r0 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | binutils | 2.47-1.1 |