CVE-2025-69648

highCVSS 7.4covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-06

CSIRTS triage

What: A logic flaw in DWARF .debug_rnglists parsing causes readelf to enter an infinite loop, repeatedly printing warnings.
Who is affected: Systems using readelf to process untrusted or malformed ELF binaries with DWARF debug data.
Urgency: High priority; the vulnerability enables easy denial of service and may impact software supply chain tooling.
Action: Update GNU Binutils to a version that fixes the DWARF .debug_rnglists parsing logic.

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Low exploitation risk0.18% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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