CVE-2023-25588 (GCVE-0-2023-25588)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-14 20:47 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`
Summary
A flaw was found in Binutils. The field `the_bfd` of `asymbol`struct is uninitialized in the `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab` function, which may lead to an application 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 18:22 UTC
CWE
- CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
Assigner
References
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
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| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677 | |
| 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
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
|
||
| Fedora | Fedora 37 | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Fedora 36 | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 | guessed | ||
| Fedora | Fedora | guessed |
Date Public
2022-12-12 00:00
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