CVE-2025-69644: An issue was discovered in Binutils before 2.46. The objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed debug information. A logic flaw in the handling of DWARF location list headers can cause objdump to enter an unbounded loop and produce endless output until manually interrupted. This issue affects versions prior to the upstream fix and allows a local attacker to cause excessive resource consumption by supplying a malicious input file.

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Mar
Released
2026-03-11
EPSS Score
0.01% (percentile: 1.7%)

Affected Products (2)

Open Source Software

  • azl3 binutils 2.41-10 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 binutils 2.37-20 on CBL Mariner 2.0

Revision History

  • 2026-03-11: Information published.