Buffer overflow in Gnu Gdb

CVE-2006-4146

Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.032 (86.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Gdb — versions 6.5
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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