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CVE-2023-25588 (GCVE-0-2023-25588)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-14 20:47 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:44
VLAI
Title
Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`
Summary
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.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-25 18:22 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2022-12-12 00:00
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