5.5

CVE-2023-39130: gnu gdb Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-39130DEBIAN-CVE-2023-39130
Published 25-07-2023Last modified 24-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-39130 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in gnu gdb. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2024-0246USN-6842-1

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gdbAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnu1 product
  • gdb13.0.50.20220805-git
Ubuntu1 product
  • gdb< 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1 | < 8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1 | < 9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.2 | < 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links