7.5

CVE-2025-69649: gnu binutils NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69649DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69649CGA-4rjm-3m24-x22j
Published 06-03-2026Last modified 10-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-69649 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11932-1RHSA-2026:7098CGA-PQMV-622J-6MJ6

Timeline

  1. 06-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.26% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard4 products
  • binutils< 2.46-r0
  • binutils-dev< 2.46-r0
  • binutils-doc< 2.46-r0
  • binutils-gold< 2.46-r0
Wolfi4 products
  • binutils< 2.46-r0
  • binutils-dev< 2.46-r0
  • binutils-doc< 2.46-r0
  • binutils-gold< 2.46-r0
Debian1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.46-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 11 products

References

7 links