What is CVE-2025-69652?

CVE-2025-69652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under CWE-460. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-69652?

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

Vulnerability in Gnu Binutils

CVE-2025-69652

GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an abort (SIGABRT) when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information. Due to incomplete state cleanup in process_debug_info(), an inv…

EPSS: 0.002 (6.9th 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-460

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-69652?: CVE-2025-69652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, classified under CWE-460. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-69652?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.