CVE-2025-69646

Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug_rnglists data. A logic error in the handling of the debug_rnglists header can cause objdump to repeatedly print the same warning message and fail to terminate, resulting in an unbounded logging loop until the process is interrupted. The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious input file, leading to excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing completion of the objdump analysis.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33638	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=598704a00cbac5e85c2bedd363357b5bf6fcee33	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-06 18:16

Updated : 2026-03-20 16:59

NVD link : CVE-2025-69646

Mitre link : CVE-2025-69646

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-69646

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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