5.5

CVE-2025-69651: gnu binutils NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69651DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69651CGA-2qgq-9pv9-hwm2
Published 06-03-2026Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-69651 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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-8QCX-34Q5-C785

Timeline

  1. 06-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

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< 2.46.1-r0
  • binutils-dev< 2.46.1-r0
  • binutils-doc< 2.46.1-r0
  • binutils-gold< 2.46.1-r0
Wolfi4 products
  • binutils< 2.46.1-r0
  • binutils-dev< 2.46.1-r0
  • binutils-doc< 2.46.1-r0
  • binutils-gold< 2.46.1-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