CVE-2025-69647
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A logic flaw in DWARF loclists parsing causes readelf to enter an infinite loop, printing output repeatedly without progress.
- Who is affected
- Systems using readelf to process untrusted or malformed ELF binaries with DWARF debug data.
- Urgency
- Medium priority; attackers can cause denial of service via crafted binaries, though impact is local.
- Action
- Update GNU Binutils to a version that fixes the DWARF loclists parsing logic.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.15% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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