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Vulnerability · Published Mar 9, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2025-69648

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity infinite loop in the binutils package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing path causes readelf to repeatedly print the same warning message without making forward progress, resulting in a non-terminating output loop that requires manual interruption. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-69648
Debian:13binutilsno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-69648
Debian:14binutils2.46-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69648
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSbinutilsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69648
Ubuntu:25.10binutilsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69648

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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