CVE-2025-69651

A flaw was found in binutils. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary with malformed relocation or symbol data. Processing this malicious binary leads to an invalid pointer free, which triggers memory corruption checks and causes the program to terminate.

The readelf utility is a command line tool invoked by a user. There is no availability risk to host Red Hat systems.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.