CVE-2024-53589

Publication date 5 December 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.4 · High

Score breakdown

GNU objdump 2.43 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the BFD (Binary File Descriptor) library's handling of tekhex format files.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

mdeslaur

only affected 2.43, introduced in: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=8b5a212495

Patch details

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Package Patch details
binutils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.4 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H