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title: "CVE-2022-35205\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-35205

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-35205?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion
failure in function display\_debug\_names allows attackers to cause a denial
of service.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-35205?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| binutils | 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.4 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.7 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm3  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-35205?format=md#patch-details)

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## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

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### [ccdm94](https://launchpad.net/~ccdm94)

display\_debug\_names was added with commit 613643582c4f, not
included in the binutils code for xenial and earlier.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| binutils | * Upstream:   <https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e3e5ae049371a27fd1737aba946fe26d06e029b5> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-35205)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35205)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-35205)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-35205)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-6413-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6413-1)
+ GNU binutils vulnerabilities
+ 4 October 2023

+ [USN-6544-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-6544-1)
+ GNU binutils vulnerabilities
+ 11 December 2023

### Other references

* <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29289>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35205>