Is CVE-2023-1579 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-1579 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-1579?

CVE-2023-1579 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-1579?

CVE-2023-1579 has an EPSS score of 0.49% (38th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1579?

Upgrade binutils on debian 12 to 2.40-2 or later. Fixes are available for 151 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-1579

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Heap based buffer overflow in binutils-gdb/bfd/libbfd.c in bfd_getl64.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.40-2CVE-2023-1579

mingw-binutilsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutilsRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-genericRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-genericRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-generic-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-binutils-generic-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-crtRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-crtRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-filesystemRocky

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-filesystemRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-filesystem-baseRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-filesystem-baseRocky

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-gccRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-gccRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-gcc-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-gcc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-gcc-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-gcc-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-headersRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-headersRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-libffiRocky

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-libffiRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-w64-toolsRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-w64-toolsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-w64-tools-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-w64-tools-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-w64-tools-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-w64-tools-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-winpthreadsRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-winpthreadsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-zlibRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw-zlibRocky

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-binutilsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-binutilsRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-binutils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-binutils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-cppRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-cppRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-cpp-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-cpp-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-crtRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-crtRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-filesystemRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-filesystemRocky

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gccRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gccRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-c++Rocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-c++Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-c++-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-c++-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-gfortran-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-gfortran-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-objc++-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-objc++-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-objc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-gcc-objc-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-headersRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-headersRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libffiRocky

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libffiRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libffi-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libffi-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libgccRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libgccRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libstdc++Rocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-libstdc++Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-winpthreadsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-winpthreadsRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-winpthreads-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-winpthreads-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-winpthreads-staticRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-winpthreads-staticRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-zlibRocky

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-zlibRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-zlib-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-zlib-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-zlib-staticRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw32-zlib-staticRocky

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-binutilsRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-binutilsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-binutils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-binutils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-cppRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-cppRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-cpp-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-cpp-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-crtRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-crtRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-filesystemRocky

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-filesystemRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:148-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gccRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gccRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-c++Rocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-c++Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-c++-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-c++-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-gfortran-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-gfortran-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-objc++-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-objc++-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-objc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-gcc-objc-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-headersRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-headersRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libffiRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libffiRocky

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libffi-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libffi-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.4.4-5.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libgccRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libgccRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libstdc++Rocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-libstdc++Red Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-winpthreadsRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-winpthreadsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-winpthreads-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-winpthreads-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-winpthreads-staticRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-winpthreads-staticRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-zlibRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-zlibRocky

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-zlib-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-zlib-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-zlib-staticRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

mingw64-zlib-staticRocky

Fixed in:0:1.3.1-1.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-binutils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-binutils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.41-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-cpp-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-cpp-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-c++-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-c++-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-gfortran-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-gfortran-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-objc++-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-objc++-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-objc-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-gcc-objc-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:13.2.1-7.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-winpthreads-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

ucrt64-winpthreads-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:11.0.1-3.el9RHSA-2024:2353

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.5USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.2USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.39-3ubuntu1.2USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.40-2ubuntu4.1USN-6101-1

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.5USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.2USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.39-3ubuntu1.2USN-6101-1

Fixed in:2.40-2ubuntu4.1USN-6101-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.49%probability of exploitation in 30 days

38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sourceware.org

Third-Party Advisory1

security.netapp.com

Other references2

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