CVE record · CVE-2023-25586

Local variable `ch_type` in function `bfd_init_section_decompress_status` can be uninitialized

CVSS 4.7 MediumEPSS 0.0035 · 28th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 14 Sept 2023, 20:49 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	binutils	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: binutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: binutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: gdb https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: binutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: gcc-toolset-11-binutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: gcc-toolset-11-gdb https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: gcc-toolset-12-binutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: gcc-toolset-12-gdb https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: gdb https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: binutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: gcc-toolset-12-binutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: gcc-toolset-12-gdb https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: gdb https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 36 Package name: gdb https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 36 Package name: mingw-binutils https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 36 Package name: radare2 https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 37 Package name: radare2 https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: radare2 https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora Package name: binutils https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 37 Package name: insight https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 37 Package name: binutils https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 37 Package name: mingw-binutils https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 36 Package name: insight https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 36 Package name: binutils https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: radare2 https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: rizin https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Fedora	Fedora 36 Package name: rizin https://packages.fedoraproject.org/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2023-25586
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-457
Tags: binutils
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Fedora 36
Fedora 37
Fedora Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7
Memory corruption
Published: 14 Sept 2023
Updated: 13 Feb 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.7	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0035, the 28th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 14 Sept 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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