Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug information. A logic error in the handling of DWARF compilation units can result in an invalid offset_size value being used inside byte_get_little_endian, leading to an abort (SIGABRT). The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can trigger the crash by supplying a malicious input file.
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Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title binutils: Binutils objdump: Denial of Service via crafted DWARF debug information
Weaknesses CWE-1285
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug information. A logic error in the handling of DWARF compilation units can result in an invalid offset_size value being used inside byte_get_little_endian, leading to an abort (SIGABRT). The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can trigger the crash by supplying a malicious input file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T17:14:29.543Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-69645

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-06T18:16:16.367

Modified: 2026-03-06T18:16:16.367

Link: CVE-2025-69645

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2025-69645 - Bugzilla

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