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CVE-2022-38533

Published: 26 August 2022

In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Pending
(2.40)
bionic
Released (2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8)
xenial
Released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
kinetic
Released (2.39-3ubuntu1.1)
focal
Released (2.34-6ubuntu1.4)
jammy
Released (2.38-4ubuntu2.1)
lunar
Released (2.40-2ubuntu1)
mantic
Released (2.40-2ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ef186fe54aa6d281a3ff8a9528417e5cc614c797

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