CVE-2023-25588 — Use of Uninitialized Variable in Binutils

CWE-457 — Use of Uninitialized VariableCWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedSep 14

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 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-m5xq-q856-p5jf: A flaw was found in Binutils↗2023-09-14
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CVEList
Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`↗2023-09-14
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OSV
CVE-2023-25588: A flaw was found in Binutils↗2023-09-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Microsoft
Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`↗2023-09-12
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-05-24
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Debian
CVE-2023-25588: binutils - A flaw was found in Binutils. The field `the_bfd` of `asymbol`struct is uninitia...↗2023
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Red Hat
binutils: Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`↗2022-12-12
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