7.5

CVE-2025-69650: gnu binutils Double Free

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69650DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69650CGA-393x-mj3r-ccrv
Published 06-03-2026Last modified 19-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-69650 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Double Free vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% 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 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.52%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
RHSA-2026:7098CGA-8G4C-79Q2-M4XJ

Timeline

  1. 06-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable 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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

43%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.50% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.52%

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

10 links