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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2023-25588 Detail

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-25588
NVD Published Date:
09/14/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.