{"id":"CVE-2025-69650","details":"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. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any tagged version.","modified":"2026-08-27T11:30:15.619680993Z","published":"2026-03-06T00:00:00Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/69xxx/CVE-2025-69650.json","cna_assigner":"mitre","isDisputed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=81e90cf63a10ad11772c2437c8f2a88f1a00c739"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa92"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa921"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/69xxx/CVE-2025-69650.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69650"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33698"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33700"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"49d4d3fafa4ec4ff5a3460d91d5b1ed5286487db"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.46"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["binutils-2_46","gdb-17-branchpoint","gdb-16-branchpoint","gdb-15-branchpoint","gdb-14-branchpoint","binutils-2_41-release","gdb-13-branchpoint","gdb-12-branchpoint","gdb-11-branchpoint","gdb-10-branchpoint","gdb-9-branchpoint","gdb-8.3-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2018q4","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2018q4","gdb-8.2-branchpoint","gdb-8.1-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2017q4","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2017q4","gdb-8.0-branchpoint","users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4","gdb-7.12-branchpoint","gdb-7.11-branchpoint","gdb-7.10-branchpoint","gdb-7.9-branchpoint","gdb-7.8-branchpoint","gdb-7.7-branchpoint","gdb_7_6-branchpoint","gdb_7_5-branchpoint","gdb_7_4-branchpoint","gdb_7_3-branchpoint","gdb_7_2-branchpoint","gdb_7_1-branchpoint","gdb_7_0-branchpoint","gdb_6_8-branchpoint","gdb_6_7-branchpoint","gdb_6_6-branchpoint","gdb_6_5-branchpoint","gdb_6_4-branchpoint","gdb_6_3-branchpoint","gdb_6_2-branchpoint","gdb_6_1-branchpoint","gdb_6_0-branchpoint","gdb_5_3-branchpoint","gdb_5_2-branchpoint","gdb-4_18-branchpoint"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-69650.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}