CVE-2022-47011 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Binutils

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateJan 15

Description

An issue was discovered function parse_stab_struct_fields in stabs.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.38.50.20220627-1+2
▶NVDgnu/binutils2.34 — 2.38

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2024-01-15
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OSV
CVE-2022-47011: An issue was discovered function parse_stab_struct_fields in stabs↗2023-08-22
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GHSA
GHSA-8f5c-3xjx-x46g: An issue was discovered function parse_stab_struct_fields in stabs↗2023-08-22
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CVEList
CVE-2022-47011: An issue was discovered function parse_stab_struct_fields in stabs↗2023-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2024-01-15
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-10-04
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Microsoft
function parse_stab_struct_fields in stabs.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.↗2023-08-08
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Red Hat
binutils: memory leak in parse_stab_struct_fields() in stabs.c↗2022-06-18
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Debian
CVE-2022-47011: binutils - An issue was discovered function parse_stab_struct_fields in stabs.c in Binutils...↗2022
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CVE-2022-47011 — GNU Binutils vulnerability | cvebase