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CVE-2025-69646

Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug_rnglists data. A logic error in the handling of the debug_rnglists header can cause objdump to repeatedly print the same warning message and fail to terminate, resulting in an unbounded logging loop until the process is interrupted. The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious input file, leading to excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing completion of the objdump analysis.

Score
5.5 medium
Published
2026-03-06
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (16)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
devel/binutilsaarch64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsaarch64-none-elf-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsamd64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsarm-gnueabi-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsarm-none-eabi-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsavr-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsbinutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsi386-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsmingw32-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilspowerpc-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilspowerpc64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilspowerpc64le-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsriscv32-unknown-elf-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsriscv64-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilsriscv64-none-elf-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org
devel/binutilss390x-binutils2.44,1unaddressedcy@FreeBSD.org

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  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>aarch64-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>aarch64-none-elf-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>amd64-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>arm-gnueabi-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>arm-none-eabi-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>avr-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>i386-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>mingw32-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>powerpc-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>powerpc64-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>powerpc64le-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>riscv32-unknown-elf-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>riscv64-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>riscv64-none-elf-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
      <package>
	<name>s390x-binutils</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when
	processing a crafted binary with malformed DWARF debug_rnglists data.
	A logic error in the handling of the debug_rnglists header can cause
	objdump to repeatedly print the same warning message and fail to
	terminate, resulting in an unbounded logging loop until the process is
	interrupted. The issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker
	can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious input file,
	leading to excessive CPU and I/O usage and preventing completion of
	the objdump analysis.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2025-69646</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69646</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2026-03-06</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>