CVE-2026-121997
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Heap Buffer Overflow in GDBserver via QTDPsrc Packet
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-121997, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-11-05
Last updated on: 2026-11-05
Assigner: redhat-SADP
Description
Description
A heap buffer overflow in gdbserver's QTDPsrc packet handler allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to achieve native code execution in the gdbserver process. The vulnerability results from a mismatch between a packet's declared source length and the actual data length, causing hex2bin to write beyond the allocated heap buffer.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | * |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | * |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | * |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | * |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | * |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-122 | A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). |
