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usn-3367-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-07-26 16:37
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
gdb vulnerabilities
Details

Hanno Böck discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8501)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Hanno B\u00f6ck discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT\nheaders in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into\nprocessing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this\nissue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2014-8501)\n\nIt was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel\nHex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause\ngdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939)\n\nIt was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially\ncrafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2016-2226)\n\nIt was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If\na user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted\nbinary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04\nLTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489,\nCVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)\n\nIt was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If\na user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted\nbinary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491)\n",
  "id": "USN-3367-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:23Z",
  "published": "2017-07-26T16:37:24Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3367-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8501"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9939"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2226"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4487"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4488"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4489"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4490"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4491"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4492"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4493"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6131"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "gdb vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8501",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9939",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2226",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4487",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4488",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4489",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4490",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4491",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4492",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4493",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6131"
  ]
}



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