CVE-2023-39128 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-lang.c.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Gdb

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:13.0.50.20220805-git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39128
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30639
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39128

History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb:-:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T23:35:05.486Z

Reserved: 2023-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-39128

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:02:05.133Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-25T19:15:11.740

Modified: 2026-10-15T00:16:35.213

Link: CVE-2023-39128

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2023-07-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-39128 - Bugzilla

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