Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting binutils package, versions <2.39.50.20221208-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992941
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2023

Introduced: 14 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-25588  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest binutils to version 2.39.50.20221208-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Binutils. The field the_bfd of asymbolstruct is uninitialized in the bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab function, which may lead to an application crash and local denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

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