CVE-2024-53589

Summary

CVE-2024-53589 is a newly identified buffer overflow vulnerability that affects version 2.43 of GNU objdump. The issue lies in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library's processing of tekhex format files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution, posing a significant risk to system security. Users running vulnerable versions of objdump are advised to update to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate this threat.

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