CVE-2023-25586 — Use of Uninitialized Variable in Binutils

CWE-457 — Use of Uninitialized VariableCWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedSep 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.39.50.20221208-1+2
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.40

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gpjh-j7vh-fwmj: A flaw was found in Binutils↗2023-09-14
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OSV
CVE-2023-25586: A flaw was found in Binutils↗2023-09-14
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CVEList
Local variable `ch_type` in function `bfd_init_section_decompress_status` can be uninitialized↗2023-09-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2023-25586: binutils - A flaw was found in Binutils. A logic fail in the bfd_init_section_decompress_st...↗2023
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Red Hat
binutils: Local variable `ch_type` in function `bfd_init_section_decompress_status` can be uninitialized↗2022-12-12
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