Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-48065
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 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.3% 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 a memory leak vulnerability var the function find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48065 |
| Debian:13 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48065 |
| Debian:14 | binutils | 2.40-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48065 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.6 | USN-6655-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binutils | 2.38-4ubuntu2.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48065 |