CVE-2025-69649 Affecting binutils package, versions <2.46-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-15438199
  • published7 Mar 2026
  • disclosed6 Mar 2026

Introduced: 6 Mar 2026

CVE-2025-69649  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.46-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

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