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Medium · 6.2 CVE-2025-69647 EUVD-2025-208411

GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF loclists …

Published Mar 9, 2026 · Updated Mar 10, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF loclists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing code can cause readelf to repeatedly print the same table output without making forward progress, resulting in an unbounded output loop that never terminates unless externally interrupted. A local attacker can trigger this behavior by supplying a malicious input file, causing excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing readelf from completing its analysis.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 binutils 2.46-1 —
Debian 13 binutils No fix yet —
Debian 12 binutils No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 binutils No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS binutils No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 binutils +3 2.45.1-5.hum1 RHSA-2026:7098
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed binutils 2.47-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11932-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 binutils 2.41-11 —

Advisories 3

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