CVE-2022-44840
Published: 22 August 2023
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c.
Notes
Author | Note |
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seth-arnold | binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs. |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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binutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
focal |
Needed
|
|
jammy |
Needed
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(2.40-2ubuntu4)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
upstream |
Released
(2.40)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
Patches: upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=28750e3b967da2207d51cbce9fc8be262817ee59 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 7.8 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |