GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later, process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.
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| Title | binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF binary processing | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-824 | |
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| Description | GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an invalid pointer free when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. If dump_relocations returns early due to parsing errors, the internal all_relocations array may remain partially uninitialized. Later, process_got_section_contents() may attempt to free an invalid r_symbol pointer, triggering memory corruption checks in glibc and causing the program to terminate with SIGABRT. No evidence of further memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
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Updated: 2026-03-06T18:02:48.859Z
Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2025-69651
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-06T18:16:16.633
Modified: 2026-03-06T18:16:16.633
Link: CVE-2025-69651
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