Vulnerability · Published Jul 25, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-39130
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the gdb package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function pe_as16() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gdb | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39130 |
| Debian:13 | gdb | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39130 |
| Debian:14 | gdb | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39130 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gdb | 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 | USN-6842-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gdb | 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39130 |