Medium severity · published Aug 26, 2022
CVE-2022-38533
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
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
through 2.39 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 37 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38533
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38533
github.com
https://github.com/bminor/binutils-gdb/commit/45d92439aebd0386ef8af76e1796d08cfe457e1d
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AKZ2DTS3ATVN5PANNVLKLE5OP4OF25Q/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MTEHT3G6YKJ7F7MSGWYSI4UM3XBAYXZ/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0007/
Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482
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