CVE-2005-1704

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer...

gdb: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background gdb is the GNU project's debugger, facilitating the analysis and debugging of applications. The BFD library provides a uniform method of accessing a variety of object file formats. Description Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered an integer overflow in the B...