CVE-2025-69649

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

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=33697	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=66a3492ce68e1ae45b2489bd9a815c39ea5d7f66	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-06 19:16

Updated : 2026-03-11 15:51

NVD link : CVE-2025-69649

Mitre link : CVE-2025-69649

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-69649

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Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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