Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-48063
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the binutils package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48063 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48063 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48063 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.6 | USN-6655-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48063 |