Out-of-bounds read in Binutils - CVE-2023-25584

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Out-of-bounds read in Binutils - CVE-2023-25584

Published: March 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87121
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25584
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the parse_module() function in bfd/vms-alpha.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Binutils
IBM Cloud Pak for Security
Chrome OS

How to mitigate CVE-2023-25584

Install updates from vendor's website.

Binutils - update to 2.40
IBM Cloud Pak for Security - update to 1.11.2.0
Chrome OS - update to 120.0.6099.310

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