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CVE-2023-1579 (GCVE-0-2023-1579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-13 14:56
VLAI
Summary
Heap based buffer overflow in binutils-gdb/bfd/libbfd.c in bfd_getl64.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-13 14:55 UTC
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a binutils Affected: unknown
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