CVE-2023-25588

Publication date 15 February 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2.39-3ubuntu1.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.5
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H