CVE-2023-25588

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    CVE-2023-25588

    Published: 14 Sept 2023Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary: Field `the_bfd` of `asymbol` is uninitialized in function `bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab`

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/, https://packages.fedoraproject.org/, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25588.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25588, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 32778522c7d8777803c88684b8e428ee729f0b22
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.40

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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