CVE-2022-48063

Published: Aug 22, 2023Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Binutils

Gnu

1 product

Binutils

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Binutils	Before 2.40

Related CWEs

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (6)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29924

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=75393a2d54bcc40053e5262a3de9d70c5ebfbbfd

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29924

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=75393a2d54bcc40053e5262a3de9d70c5ebfbbfd

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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