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Vulnerability details: VCID-r1u7-ujc5-g7aw
Vulnerability ID VCID-r1u7-ujc5-g7aw
Aliases CVE-2023-25586
Summary binutils: Local variable `ch_type` in function `bfd_init_section_decompress_status` can be uninitialized
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.2
Risk 2.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-25586.json
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
epss 0.00032 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502
cvssv3.1 2.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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=29855
ssvc Track https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502
ssvc Track https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-25586.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-25586
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25586
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
2167502 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502
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-2023-25586 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586
gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502
ntap-20231103-0003 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
show_bug.cgi?id=29855 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855
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-2023-25586.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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-2023-25586
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:21:11Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25586
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=2167502
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:21:11Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502
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: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/2024-09-25T18:21:11Z/ 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=29855
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:21:11Z/ Found at https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855
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=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:21:11Z/ Found at https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.09119
EPSS Score 0.00032
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:56:09.413986+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-25586.json 38.0.0