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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-25584 · published 14 September 2023

CVE-2023-25584: Gnu binutils out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Gnu · Binutils

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the parse_module function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in Binutils.

7.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.38% · top 67.6% CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
7.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.38%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the parse_module function in bfd/vms-alpha.c in Binutils.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25584 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167467 Issue TrackingPatch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=77c225bdeb410cf60da804879ad41622f5f1aa44 Mailing ListPatch
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25584 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167467 Issue TrackingPatch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231103-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=77c225bdeb410cf60da804879ad41622f5f1aa44 Mailing ListPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-25584), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.