Your submission was sent successfully! Close

You have successfully unsubscribed! Close

Thank you for signing up for our newsletter!Close

CVE-2022-45703

Published: 22 August 2023

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function display_debug_section in file readelf.c.

Notes

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

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.40-2ubuntu4)
upstream
Released (2.40)
focal Needed

jammy Needed

bionic
Released (2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
trusty
Released (2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xenial
Released (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.41-4ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=69bfd1759db41c8d369f9dcc98a135c5a5d97299

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
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