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.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gnu Binutils
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (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.