CVE-2023-25588

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.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1	Mailing List Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-09-14 21:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 04:09

NVD link : CVE-2023-25588

Mitre link : CVE-2023-25588

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-25588

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Products Affected

gnu

binutils

CWE

CWE-908

Use of Uninitialized Resource

CWE-457

Use of Uninitialized Variable

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