CVE-2025-69649
HIGHGNU Binutils thru 2.46 - DoS
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
2.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
gnu/binutils
< 2.46
Timeline
Published
Mar 06, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 07, 2026