VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-25588
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-457, CWE-908
- Affected
- gnu/binutils
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1Mailing List, Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1Mailing List, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.