GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.

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Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF binary
Weaknesses CWE-415
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{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T18:14:15.393Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-69650

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-06T19:16:10.773

Modified: 2026-03-06T19:16:10.773

Link: CVE-2025-69650

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-69650 - Bugzilla

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