High Memory corruption exploit reference

CVE-2019-1010180 — GNU gdb All versions is affected by: Buffer Overflow - Out of bound memory access. The impact is:...

GNU gdb All versions is affected by: Buffer Overflow - Out of bound memory access. The impact is: Deny of Service, Memory Disclosure, and Possible Code Execution. The component is: The main gdb module. The attack vector is: Open an ELF for debugging. The fixed version is: Not fixed yet.

Published Jul 24, 2019 · Updated Oct 14, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: dwf

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 2.6% (30-day exploitation probability)+13
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

2.63%

ahead of 85% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Gnu

Gdb and 1 more

CVSS base

7.8

High · 2 source(s)

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented patch — sourceware.org (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Gnu Gdb, Opensuse Leap).
Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Gnu	Gdb	< 9.1	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Gnu	Gdb	version All versions (At least as of date 2018-09-16)	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Opensuse	Leap	version 15.0version 15.1	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	1.8	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
6.8	CVSS 2.0	Medium	8.6	6.4	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 2.63%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · gnu/gdb
Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 14, 2026
Fix documented
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Affected products added · gnu/gdb, opensuse/leap
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 7.8
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Modified
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 14, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
2019
CVE published
Jul 24, 2019 · dwf

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

2× References added · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026
1× Official description updated · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

References

10 on the record

sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
NIST National Vulnerability Database
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-31
Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, NIST National Vulnerability Database
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010180
GitHub Security Advisories
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00028.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.securityfocus.com/bid/109367
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, NIST National Vulnerability Database
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rcgh-h6mp-4g9q
GitHub Security Advisories
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00029.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Gnu
every CVE for this vendor

Memory corruption
same class

CWE-125
other pages naming this weakness

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Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No CISA SSVC assessment.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2019-1010180 is "GNU gdb All versions is affected by: Buffer Overflow - Out of bound memory access. The impact is:...", rated High. It affects Gdb (Gnu); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 2.63% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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