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CVE-2026-121997: A heap buffer overflow in gdbserver's QTDPsrc packet handler allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to achieve native code execution in the gdbserver process
CVE-2026-121997 Nov 5, 2026 Source: Vendor
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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Credited as Red Hat would like to thank Pulkit Singh Singaria for reporting this issue