CVE-2023-25586

2023-09-1421:15:10

CWE-908

CWE-457

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binutils

cve-2023-25586

logic fail

uninitialized variable

denial of service

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

5.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.5%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

gnubinutilsMatch2.40

CPENameOperatorVersion
gnu:binutilsgnu binutilseq2.40

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
gnu:binutils	gnu binutils	eq	2.40

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "n/a",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
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    "packageName": "binutils",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
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    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
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    "packageName": "binutils",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
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  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "gdb",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
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  },
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    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
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    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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    "packageName": "gcc-toolset-11-binutils",
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  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
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    "packageName": "binutils",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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    "vendor": "Fedora",
    "collectionURL": "https://packages.fedoraproject.org/",
    "packageName": "gdb",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
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  {
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    "vendor": "Fedora",
    "collectionURL": "https://packages.fedoraproject.org/",
    "packageName": "mingw-binutils",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
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    "product": "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7",
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