usn-6160-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-06-13 18:08
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
binutils vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly performed bounds checking operations when parsing stabs debugging information. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

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  "details": "It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly performed bounds checking\noperations when parsing stabs debugging information. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary\ncode.\n",
  "id": "USN-6160-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:30Z",
  "published": "2023-06-13T18:08:14Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "binutils vulnerability",
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  ]
}



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