CVE-2023-25586

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Use of Uninitialized Resource

Title source: rule

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.

References (5)

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855

[Mailing List, Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 8.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-457 CWE-908

Status published

Affected Products (1)

gnu/binutils

Timeline

Published Sep 14, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026