Vulnerability · Published Jan 27, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-4285
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in binutils. 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 38% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | binutils | 2.30-119.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:6236 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | binutils | 2.35.2-42.el9 | ALSA-2023:6593 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | binutils-devel | 2.30-119.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:6236 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | binutils-devel | 2.35.2-42.el9 | ALSA-2023:6593 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | binutils-gold | 2.35.2-42.el9 | ALSA-2023:6593 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gcc-toolset-12-binutils | 2.38-17.el8 | ALSA-2023:2873 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel | 2.38-17.el8 | ALSA-2023:2873 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold | 2.38-17.el8 | ALSA-2023:2873 |
| Debian:12 | binutils | 2.39.50.20221208-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.39.50.20221208-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.39.50.20221208-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | binutils | 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 | RLSA-2023:6236 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | gcc-toolset-12-binutils | 0:2.38-17.el8 | RLSA-2023:2873 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.4 | USN-6544-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils-avr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | binutils-avr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | binutils-avr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | binutils-avr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | binutils-avr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gdb | 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | gdb | 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 | USN-6842-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H