Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gdb package, versions <9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GDB-5811605
  • published1 Aug 2023
  • disclosed25 Jul 2023

Introduced: 25 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-39128  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 gdb to version 9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdb package and not the gdb package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-lang.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1