PT-2023-20182 · Binutils+1 · Binutils+1

Pedro Sampaio · Published 2023-09-14 · Updated 2023-11-04 · CVE-2023-25586

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Binutils (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw was found in Binutils, where a logic fail in the bfd init section decompress status function may lead to the use of an uninitialized variable. This can cause a crash and local denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-457

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-5880

CVE-2023-25586

Affected Products

Binutils

Debian

References · 29

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29855 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167502 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-03957 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25588 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2023-5880 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25585 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25586 · Security Note
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5830876a0cca17bef3b2d54908928e72cca53502 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25586 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-25586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/binutils · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-25586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-12518 · Security Note