Vulnerability · Published Apr 3, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-1579
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity memory corruption in binutils. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Heap based buffer overflow in binutils-gdb/bfd/libbfd.c in bfd_getl64.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | mingw-binutils-generic | 2.41-3.el9 | ALSA-2024:2353 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | mingw32-binutils | 2.41-3.el9 | ALSA-2024:2353 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | mingw64-binutils | 2.41-3.el9 | ALSA-2024:2353 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | binutils | 2.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | binutils | 2.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | binutils | 2.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | binutils | 2.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | binutils | 2.40-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Debian:12 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1579 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-binutils | 0:2.41-3.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-crt | 0:11.0.1-3.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-filesystem | 0:148-3.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-gcc | 0:13.2.1-7.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-headers | 0:11.0.1-3.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-libffi | 0:3.4.4-5.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-w64-tools | 0:11.0.1-3.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-winpthreads | 0:11.0.1-3.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | mingw-zlib | 0:1.3.1-1.el9 | RLSA-2024:2353 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H