The objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed debug information
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5.0MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days
Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
Patch available
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Ubuntu release
Source package
Vendor state
Fixed version
Evidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive
binutils
Under evaluationCanonical reports that the package might be affected and still needs evaluation or fixing.
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1 current
CVE-2025-69644 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securitybinutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug information
74 known affected
The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.
binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gcc-toolset-15-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gcc-toolset-15-binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gdb-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gdb-gdbserver as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
gdb-headless as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Summary
A flaw was found in binutils. A local attacker can exploit a logic flaw in the handling of DWARF (Debugging With Attributed Record Formats) location list headers within the objdump utility. By supplying a crafted binary with malformed debug information, the attacker can cause objdump to enter an unbounded loop, leading to excessive resource consumption and a Denial of Service (DoS).
Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/
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Official European source
ENISA European Vulnerability Database
Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.
1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier
EUVD-2025-208342
No EUVD known-exploited evidence
ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.
EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days
Medium technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
Patch available
01
What, why and how
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.
What
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
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
What
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
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
02
Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation ?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No confirmed evidence
No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material ?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.Reference recorded
CISA Vulnrichment records proof-of-concept exploitation in its SSVC data. BlackTree has not independently executed or validated exploit material.
Likely attack path
local access → Uncontrolled Resource Consumption → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
Required interaction required
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness ?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
CVSS vector ?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UIRequiredUser interaction: Another user must perform an action for exploitation to succeed.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-400Public exploit reference
A
Official authority intelligence
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Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
Status ?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-gdbserver as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-headless as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-minimal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw-binutils-generic as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw32-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw64-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb-gdbserver as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; gcc-toolset-14-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; and 44 more
Fixed
binutils-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; binutils-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; binutils-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
Action
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04
Evidence and provenance
Published 6 Mar 2026 · Last source change 10 Mar 2026, 02:31 UTC · CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCISA ADP
EPSS source ?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-208342
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
CWE sourceCISA ADP
NVD statusNVD enriched
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-gdbserver as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-headless as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-minimal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw-binutils-generic as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw32-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw64-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb-gdbserver as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; gcc-toolset-14-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; and 43 more · Fixed: binutils-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; binutils-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; binutils-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
After
binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gold as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils-gprofng as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gcc-toolset-15-binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-gdbserver as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-headless as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb-minimal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; gdb.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw-binutils-generic as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw32-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; mingw64-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb-gdbserver as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; gdb.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; binutils.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; gcc-toolset-14-binutils as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; gcc-toolset-14-binutils-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; and 44 more · Fixed: binutils-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; binutils-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; binutils-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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