Uninitialized Field in Binutils' bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab Function Leads to Application Crash and Local Denial of Service

Uninitialized Field in Binutils' bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab Function Leads to Application Crash and Local Denial of Service

CVE-2023-25588 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

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