Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`
CVE-2023-25588

4.7MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Binutils
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 September 2023

Summary

A flaw was found in Binutils. The field the_bfd of asymbolstruct is uninitialized in the bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab function, which may lead to an application crash and local denial of service.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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