CVE-2023-25588

low-risk
Published 2023-09-14

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Gnu

References (10)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
Mailing List https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606...
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
Mailing List https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606...
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low-risk
Severity 12/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal