How to fix CVE-2025-69645?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Is Redhat affected by CVE-2025-69645?

Organizations using Binutils objdump should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-69645, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 5.5. Service availability could be impacted. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.

CVE-2025-69645

MEDIUM

2026-03-06 [email protected]

5.5

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch Released

Apr 09, 2026 - 08:30 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 22:06 vuln.today

CVE Published

Mar 06, 2026 - 18:16 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

Description

Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug information. A logic error in the handling of DWARF compilation units can result in an invalid offset_size value being used inside byte_get_little_endian, leading to an abort (SIGABRT). The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can trigger the crash by supplying a malicious input file.

Analysis

Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug information. [CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM]

Technical Context

Classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug information. A logic error in the handling of DWARF compilation units can result in an invalid offset_size value being used inside byte_get_little_endian, leading to an abort (SIGABRT). The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can trigger the crash by supplying a malicious input file.

Affected Products

Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug information. A logic error in

Remediation

Monitor vendor advisories for a patch.

Priority Score

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KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.0

CVSS: +28

POC: 0

Vendor Status

CVE-2025-69645 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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