CVE-2023-25586

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-457, CWE-908

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d…
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586