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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2024-53589

High
8.4/10

Summary

GNU objdump from binutils-gdb versions prior to gdb-16-branchpoint is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the BFD (Binary File Descriptor) library's handling of "tekhex" format files.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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