CVE-2023-25585

MEDIUMNVD 4.74.7—Elevated

4.7

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.

CVSS v3: 4.7
EG Score: 4.7(medium)
EPSS: 7.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

September 14, 2023

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (10)

secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25585
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167498
secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
secalert@redhathttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29892
secalert@redhathttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=65cf035b8dc1df5d8020e0b1449514a3c42933e7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25585
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167498
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0003/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29892
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=65cf035b8dc1df5d8020e0b1449514a3c42933e7

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	libctf0 (2.38-4ubuntu2.2) @ jammy	2026-05-24	ubuntu

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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-25585?

CVE-2023-25585 is a medium vulnerability published on September 14, 2023. 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.

When was CVE-2023-25585 disclosed?

CVE-2023-25585 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 14, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-25585 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-25585 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 7.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-25585?

CVE-2023-25585 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-25585?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-25585, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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