Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-47673

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in Binutils addr2line before 2.39.3, function parse_module contains multiple out of bound reads which may cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12binutils2.39.50.20221224-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47673
Debian:13binutils2.39.50.20221224-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47673
Debian:14binutils2.39.50.20221224-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47673
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSbinutils2.38-4ubuntu2.2UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47673

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References