CVE-2025-69649

mediumCVSS 5.5covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-06

CSIRTS triage

What: Null pointer dereference in readelf when processing crafted ELF binaries with malformed headers during relocation processing.
Who is affected: Users of GNU Binutils readelf tool version 2.46 and earlier processing untrusted ELF binaries.
Urgency: Medium urgency; CVSS 5.5 indicates moderate impact, likely causing application crash rather than escalation.
Action: Update GNU Binutils to a version after 2.46 with the fix applied.

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Low exploitation risk0.26% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 18% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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