CVE-2022-48063 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Binutils

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption10 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Binutils
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateFeb 26

Description

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.

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

▶NVDgnu/binutils< 2.40
▶Debiangnu/binutils< 2.40-2+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
binutils vulnerabilities↗2024-02-26
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GHSA
GHSA-7jp6-rmg5-fj58: GNU Binutils before 2↗2023-08-22
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OSV
CVE-2022-48063: GNU Binutils before 2↗2023-08-22
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CVEList
CVE-2022-48063: GNU Binutils before 2↗2023-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2024-02-26
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Ubuntu
GNU binutils vulnerabilities↗2023-10-04
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Microsoft
GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c.↗2023-08-08
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Red Hat
binutils: excessive memory consumption in load_separate_debug_files() in dwarf.c↗2022-12-21
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Debian
CVE-2022-48063: binutils - GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumpti...↗2022
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