CVE-2023-4039
Publication date 12 September 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
**DISPUTED**A failure in the -fstack-protector feature in GCC-based toolchains that target AArch64 allows an attacker to exploit an existing buffer overflow in dynamically-sized local variables in your application without this being detected. This stack-protector failure only applies to C99-style dynamically-sized local variables or those created using alloca(). The stack-protector operates as intended for statically-sized local variables. The default behavior when the stack-protector detects an overflow is to terminate your application, resulting in controlled loss of availability. An attacker who can exploit a buffer overflow without triggering the stack-protector might be able to change program flow control to cause an uncontrolled loss of availability or to go further and affect confidentiality or integrity. NOTE: The GCC project argues that this is a missed hardening bug and not a vulnerability by itself.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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gcc-10 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 10.5.0-4ubuntu2
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-10-cross | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 23ubuntu2
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-10-cross-mipsen | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-10-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-11 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 11.4.0-4ubuntu1
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-11-cross | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 21ubuntu2
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-11-cross-mipsen | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-11-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-12 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 12.3.0-9ubuntu1
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
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20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-12-cross | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 19ubuntu2
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
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20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-12-cross-mipsen | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-12-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-13 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 13.2.0-4ubuntu1
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-13-cross | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-13-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 14ubuntu4
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-3.3 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
gcc-4.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.6 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.7 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored ESM criteria, Arm64 not supported | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored ESM criteria, Arm64 not supported | |
gcc-4.7-armel-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.7-armhf-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored ESM criteria, Arm64 not supported | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored ESM criteria, Arm64 not supported | |
gcc-4.8-arm64-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.8-armhf-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.8-powerpc-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.8-ppc64el-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-4.9 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored ESM criteria, Arm64 not supported | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-4.9-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored ESM criteria, Arm64 not supported | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-5-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-5-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-6 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-6-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-6-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-7 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-7-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-7-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-8-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-8-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-9 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 9.5.0-6ubuntu2
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-9-cross | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 29ubuntu2
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-9-cross-mipsen | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-9-cross-ports | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
gcc-arm-linux-androideabi | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-arm-none-eabi | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-avr | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-defaults | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
gcc-defaults-arm64-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-defaults-armel-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-defaults-armhf-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-defaults-powerpc-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-defaults-ppc64el-cross | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-h8300-hms | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-i686-linux-android | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-m68hc1x | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-mingw-w64 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
|
gcc-msp430 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-opt | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-or1k-elf | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-riscv64-unknown-elf | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-snapshot | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gcc-xtensa-lx106 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support | |
gccgo-4.9 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
|
gccgo-6 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
sbeattie
gcc-3.3 only provides libstdc++5
alexmurray
patches are expected to be provided for upstream versions 11, 12, 13 and trunk Any possible package on arm64 in Ubuntu could be affected by this and would therefore need to be recompiled by a new version of gcc containing this fix - however, performing a whole-of-archive rebuild is not feasible. It might be possible to detect which packages need to be rebuilt by looking for those with the -fstack-clash-protection mitigation via hardening-check (as since Ubuntu 20.04 LTS nearly all packages are compiled with this by default). This is still likely to be quite a large subset of the archive and still not feasible to rebuild. Instead as regular security / SRU updates are performed for packages, they will opportunistically receive this fix.
sbeattie
14.04 LTS (trusty) Pro Infra and 16.04 LTS (xenial) Pro Infra do not support Arm64 as an architecture.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 4.8 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity impact | Low |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/GCC%20Stack%20Protector%20Vulnerability%20AArch64
- https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-x7ch-h5rf-w2mf
- https://rtx.meta.security/mitigation/2023/09/12/CVE-2023-4039.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4039