Local variable `ch_type` in function `bfd_init_section_decompress_status` can be uninitialized
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.7epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 72% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Fedora · Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7Fedora · Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8Fedora · FedoraFedora · Fedora 36Fedora · Fedora 37n/a · binutilsRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502