CVE-2025-69649

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 83% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
50(Track)
EG Risk 50/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
18%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 6, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=66a3492ce68e1ae45b2489bd9a815c39ea5d7f66
generic

33697 – readelf crashes with SIGSEGV on crafted input due to a null-pointer dereference

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33697

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-69649(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatbinutils-main-2.45.1-5.hum12026-04-08redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.35.2-2 ... 2.47-2 (213 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.40-2 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (122 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (48 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.45.90.20260201-1 (33 versions)2.46-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-17 19:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-02 23:59 UTCOSV refresh
  16. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-17 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-16 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 12:24 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-16 12:24 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-16 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-14 20:47 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-14 20:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-11 22:38 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-11 22:38 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-11 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-10 08:51 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-10 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-09 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-09 20:25 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-09 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-08 16:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-08 08:01 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-08 08:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-07 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-06 20:37 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-06 20:37 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-06 20:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-04 10:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.00
  57. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  61. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  63. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-69649?
CVE-2025-69649 is a high vulnerability published on March 6, 2026. 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)…
When was CVE-2025-69649 disclosed?
CVE-2025-69649 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 6, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-69649 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-69649 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 82.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69649?
CVE-2025-69649 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-69649?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-69649, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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