CVE-2023-25586

Published Sep 14, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-908
secalert@redhat.com: CWE-457

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "042A4D5D-1779-4FF8-B831-5BEB24433794"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References