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CVE-2023-25585: Field `file_table` of `struct module *module` is uninitialized

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-457

Description

A flaw was found in Binutils. The use of an uninitialized field in the struct module *module may lead to application crash and local denial of service.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: 2.40

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25585
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167498
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29892
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=65cf035b8dc1df5d8020e0b1449514a3c42933e7
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25585
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167498
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29892
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=65cf035b8dc1df5d8020e0b1449514a3c42933e7

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