CVE-2023-1579

A heap based buffer overflow was found in binutils-gdb/bfd/libbfd.c in bfd_getl64 in binutils.

Because this vulnerability requires that an unsuspecting user uses binutils-gdb to analyze a specially crafted malicious DWARF file, and because the consequences of the memory corruption caused by the flaw are limited to the privileges of the user who analyzes the malicious file, Red Hat assesses this vulnerability's impact as Moderate.

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