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CVE-2023-4039

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Published: Sep 13, 2023Modified: Feb 13, 2025

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4.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 2.5
Source: NVD

Description

**DISPUTED**A failure in the -fstack-protector feature in GCC-based toolchains that target AArch64 allows an attacker to exploit an existing buffer overflow in dynamically-sized local variables in your application without this being detected. This stack-protector failure only applies to C99-style dynamically-sized local variables or those created using alloca(). The stack-protector operates as intended for statically-sized local variables. The default behavior when the stack-protector detects an overflow is to terminate your application, resulting in controlled loss of availability. An attacker who can exploit a buffer overflow without triggering the stack-protector might be able to change program flow control to cause an uncontrolled loss of availability or to go further and affect confidentiality or integrity. NOTE: The GCC project argues that this is a missed hardening bug and not a vulnerability by itself.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Gcc
1 product
Gcc
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Before 2023-09-12

References (4)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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