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title: "CVE-2025-69652\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2025-69652

Publication date 6 March 2026

Last updated 13 April 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.2 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69652?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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 invalid debug\_info\_p state may propagate into
DWARF attribute parsing routines. When certain malformed attributes result
in an unexpected data length of zero, byte\_get\_little\_endian() triggers a
fatal abort. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was
observed; the impact is limited to denial of service.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69652?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| binutils | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Vulnerable |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Vulnerable |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Vulnerable |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Vulnerable |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Vulnerable |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69652?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| binutils | * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=44b79abd0fa12e7947252eb4c6e5d16ed6033e01> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.2 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.2 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-69652)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69652)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-69652)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69652)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69652>
* <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33701>
* <https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=44b79abd0fa12e7947252eb4c6e5d16ed6033e01>