What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69652?

CVE-2025-69652 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.2 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Binutils are affected by CVE-2025-69652?

Organizations using GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-69652 rated CVSS 6.2. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2025-69652?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2025-69652. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.0%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-69652?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Vendor patch is available.

Binutils CVE-2025-69652

MEDIUM

Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception (CWE-460)

2026-03-06 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Memory Corruption Red Hat Binutils Suse

6.2

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 22:06 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Mar 11, 2026 - 15:49 vuln.today

Public exploit code

Patch released

Mar 11, 2026 - 15:49 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Mar 06, 2026 - 19:16 nvd

MEDIUM 6.2

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

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. [CVSS 6.2 MEDIUM]

Technical ContextAI

Affects Binutils. 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 o