Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-48064
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the binutils package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt 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-2022-48064 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48064 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48064 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48064 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29922
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8f2c64de86bc3d7556121fe296dd679000283931
- FEDORA-2023-d94be55511 vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/
- FEDORA-2023-8d0913f986 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-89ade611ee vendor-advisory