CVE-2025-69651

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later, process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any tagged version.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: 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
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
15%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 6, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

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

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa921
generic

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

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa92
generic

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

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=81e90cf63a10ad11772c2437c8f2a88f1a00c739
generic

33700 – readelf aborts with SIGABRT on crafted input due to invalid pointer free (binutils 2.46(HEAD))

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33700
generic

33698 – readelf aborts with SIGABRT due to double free when processing malformed input (binutils 2.46(HEAD))

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33698

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-69651(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
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  15. 2026-09-02 23:59 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  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 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-10 06:03 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-10 06:03 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-08-10 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-08 16:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-07 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-04 10:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-69651?
CVE-2025-69651 is a medium vulnerability published on March 6, 2026. GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dumprelocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal allrelocations array may remain partially uninitialized.…
When was CVE-2025-69651 disclosed?
CVE-2025-69651 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-2025-69651 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-69651 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 84.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69651?
CVE-2025-69651 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-69651?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-69651, 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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