binutils: abort in readelf via crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information

A flaw was found in binutils. Processing a specially crafted ELF binary file containing malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information with the readelf program using the -w abbrev command line option can trigger an abort, causing a crash and resulting in a denial of service...

CVE-2025-69648

GNU Binutils thru 2.45.1 readelf contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF .debugrnglists data. A logic flaw in the DWARF parsing path causes readelf to repeatedly print the same warning message without making forward progress, resulting in a...

CVE-2025-69646

CVE-2025-69646 affects GNU Binutils’ objdump. A logic error in handling the debug_rnglists header when processing a crafted binary (notably seen in binutils 2.44) can cause an unbounded logging loop, consuming CPU/I/O and preventing completion of objdump analysis. Affected component: objdump in b...