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Vulnerability details: VCID-hg4s-dd3q-3ub6
Vulnerability ID VCID-hg4s-dd3q-3ub6
Aliases CVE-2023-25588
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-25588.json
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
cvssv3.1 2.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25588
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
ssvc Track https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
ssvc Track https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-25588.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25588
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25588
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
CVE-2023-25588 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
CVE-2023-25588 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25588
gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
ntap-20231103-0003 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
show_bug.cgi?id=2167505 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
show_bug.cgi?id=29677 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
USN-6101-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6101-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-25588.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:22:06Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25588
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:22:06Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167505
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25588
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:22:06Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:22:06Z/ Found at https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:22:06Z/ Found at https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=d12f8998d2d086f0a6606589e5aedb7147e6f2f1
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.03612
EPSS Score 0.0002
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:41:33.949569+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6101-1/ 37.0.0