What is CVE-2025-69648?

CVE-2025-69648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-69648?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GNU Binutils

CVE-2025-69648

GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debug_rnglists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing path causes readelf to repeatedly print the same warning message without making forward progress, resulting in a non-terminating output loop that requires manual interruption. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed.

Published 2026-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Binutils

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi (Patch)
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-69648?: CVE-2025-69648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-69648?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.