GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an abort (SIGABRT) when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information. Due to incomplete state cleanup in process_debug_info(), an invalid debug_info_p state may propagate into DWARF attribute parsing routines. When certain malformed attributes result in an unexpected data length of zero, byte_get_little_endian() triggers a fatal abort. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.
References
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| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33701 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=44b79abd0fa12e7947252eb4c6e5d16ed6033e01 | Patch |
Configurations
History
11 Mar 2026, 15:49
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| References | () https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33701 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=44b79abd0fa12e7947252eb4c6e5d16ed6033e01 - Patch | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Gnu
Gnu binutils |
09 Mar 2026, 17:16
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.2 |
| CWE | CWE-460 |
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Information
Published : 2026-03-06 19:16
Updated : 2026-03-11 15:49
NVD link : CVE-2025-69652
Mitre link : CVE-2025-69652
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-69652
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Products Affected
gnu
- binutils
CWE
CWE-460
Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception
