CVE-2011-4355

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2011-4355 · Published 05/03/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-4355 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting gdb (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.36%, higher than 29.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gdb gnu	`= 4.18= 5.0= 5.0.92= 5.0.93= 5.1= 5.1.1= 5.2= 5.2.1= 5.3= 6.0= 6.1= 6.1.1= 6.2= 6.2.1= 6.3= 6.4= 6.5= 6.6= 6.7= 6.7.1= 6.8= 7.0= 7.0.1= 7.1= 7.2= 7.3= 7.3.1= 7.4≤ 7.4.1`	No fix yet

Description

GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

gdb

gnu

= 4.18= 5.0= 5.0.92= 5.0.93= 5.1= 5.1.1= 5.2= 5.2.1= 5.3= 6.0= 6.1= 6.1.1= 6.2= 6.2.1= 6.3= 6.4= 6.5= 6.6= 6.7= 6.7.1= 6.8= 7.0= 7.0.1= 7.1= 7.2= 7.3= 7.3.1= 7.4≤ 7.4.1

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