CVE-2023-35944

Summary

CVE-2023-39128 is a newly disclosed stack overflow vulnerability affecting GNU gdb (GDB) version 13.0.50.20220805-git. The issue lies within the function "ada_decode" located at "/gdb/ada-lang.c." Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial-of-service attack or potentially more severe consequences, such as code injection or memory corruption. The specific cause of the stack overflow has not been publicly disclosed to minimize the risk of exploitation before a patch is available. Users of the affected version of GNU gdb are advised to update to a patched version as soon as possible.

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