CVE-2023-25586 (GCVE-0-2023-25586)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-14 20:49 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Local variable `ch_type` in function `bfd_init_section_decompress_status` can be uninitialized
Summary
A flaw was found in Binutils. A logic fail in the bfd_init_section_decompress_status function may lead to the use of an uninitialized variable that can cause a crash and local denial of service.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-25 18:21 UTC
CWE
- CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
Assigner
References
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
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| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855 | |
| https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-… | |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023110… |
Impacted products
10 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | binutils | |||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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||
| Fedora | Fedora 36 | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Fedora 37 | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Fedora | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 | guessed |
Date Public
2022-12-12 00:00
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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