CVE-2023-25588
Publication date 15 February 2023
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
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
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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| binutils | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed in 2.38-4ubuntu2.2
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed in 2.34-6ubuntu1.5
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed in 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed in 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed in 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.5 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6101-1
- GNU binutils vulnerabilities
- 24 May 2023