CVE-2025-69646: Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug_rnglists data. A logic error in the handling of the debug_rnglists header can cause objdump to repeatedly print the same warning message and fail to terminate, resulting in an unbounded logging loop until the process is interrupted. The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious input file, leading to excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing completion of the objdump analysis.
Overview
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-Mar
- Released
- 2026-03-11
- Last Updated
- 2026-04-14
- EPSS Score
- 0.01% (percentile: 0.4%)
Affected Products (3)
Open Source Software
- azl3 binutils 2.41-10 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 binutils 2.37-20 on CBL Mariner 2.0
Other
Revision History
- 2026-03-11: Information published.
- 2026-04-14: Information published.
- 2026-04-14: Information published.