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.
History

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title binutils: abort in readelf via crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information
Weaknesses CWE-617
References
Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description 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

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T18:25:51.607Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-69652

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-06T19:16:10.907

Modified: 2026-03-06T19:16:10.907

Link: CVE-2025-69652

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-69652 - Bugzilla

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