TI-2025-42901 Aliases CVE-2025-69644 GHSA-6j8w-mcjj-7669

An issue was discovered in Binutils before 2.46.

MEDIUM 56CWE-400Published 2026-03-06 · Updated 2026-03-10

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 7 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Binutils before 2.46. The objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed debug information. A logic flaw in the handling of DWARF location list headers can cause objdump to enter an unbounded loop and produce endless output until manually interrupted. This issue affects versions prior to the upstream fix and allows a local attacker to cause excessive resource consumption by supplying a malicious input file.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00144 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 7 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils::::::::	before 2.46	Vulnerable	GNU

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.46 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2026:7098 Released 2026-04-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images binutils-2.45.1-5.hum1@aarch64, binutils-2.45.1-5.hum1@src, binutils-2.45.1-5.hum1@x86_64 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)	Affected	—
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Hardened Images	Fixed	RHSA-2026:7098

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-69644
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6j8w-mcjj-7669
2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Patch 1

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=455446bbdc8675f34808187de2bbad4682016ff7

Other 1

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33639

TI-2020-13695 An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-42907 GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-41071 An issue was discovered in function d_print_comp_inner in file cp-demangle.c in BinUtils… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-41069 An issue was discovered in function d_discriminator in file cp-demangle.c in BinUtils… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-41068 A buffer overflow vulnerability in function gnu_special in file cplus-dem.c in BinUtils… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-21105 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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