Denial of Service Vulnerability in BinUtils by GNU
CVE-2025-66863

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

GNU
Status
BinUtils
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-66863?

An issue exists in the d_discriminator function located in cp-demangle.c of BinUtils 2.26, which may permit attackers to execute a denial of service. This vulnerability arises when a specially crafted Portable Executable (PE) file is processed, leading to potential application crashes and resource exhaustion.

References

https://github.com/caozhzh/CRGF-Vul/blob/main/cxxfilt/cra...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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