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CVE-2023-25586

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Date: September 14, 2023

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25586
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-25586

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use of Uninitialized Variable

CWE-457

Use of Uninitialized Resource

CWE-908

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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