CVE-2023-1579
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:28 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinutils
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Heap based buffer overflow in binutils-gdb/bfd/libbfd.c in bfd_getl64.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230511-0009/ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29988SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-787
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