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CVE-2025-69649

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-69649 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in GNU Binutils readelf (through version 2.46) that occurs when processing a specially crafted ELF binary with malformed header fields. This flaw can lead to a segmentation fault and program termination due to an invalid section pointer during relocation processing. While it causes a denial of service, there is no evidence of memory corruption or code execution. There is currently no public exploit code available, no active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 3rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20618-17084Fixed in: 2.41-11
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 21200-17084Fixed in: 2.41-11
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 binutils 2.41-10 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 2.41-11
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 binutils 2.41-11 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 2.41-11

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Mar/CVE-2025-69649Moderate

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.

Mar 10, 2026

References

sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / git/gitweb.cgi
Patch