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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69651
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69651
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | 2.43.50.20241215-1, 2.44.50.20250405-1, 2.44.50.20250520-1 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.44.50.20250218-1, 2.44.50.20250218-2, 2.44.50.20250309-1 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.44.50.20250218-1, 2.44.50.20250218-2, 2.44.50.20250309-1 |
| Debian:11 | binutils | 2.44.50.20250707-1, 2.44.90.20250719-1, 2.45-1 |
Timeline
- Mar 6, 2026 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated