CVE-2022-48064
Published: August 22, 2023Last modified: July 22, 2025
Description
GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | binutils | Fixed (2.40-r2) |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | binutils | Fixed (2.40-r2) |
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XKYUAIORNQ32IZUOZFURECZKEXOHX7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KGSKF4GH7425S6XFDQMWTJGD5U47BAZN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSUNHSOWWLLNGHRM5TUBNCJHEYHPDX2M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3XKYUAIORNQ32IZUOZFURECZKEXOHX7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KGSKF4GH7425S6XFDQMWTJGD5U47BAZN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NSUNHSOWWLLNGHRM5TUBNCJHEYHPDX2M/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29922
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8f2c64de86bc3d7556121fe296dd679000283931
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=8f2c64de86bc3d7556121fe296dd679000283931