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CVE-2022-4285

Published: 27 January 2023

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.
rodrigo-zaiden
versions earlier than 2.35 are not affected.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
binutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.40-2ubuntu1)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (2.40)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.40-2ubuntu1)
jammy
Released (2.38-4ubuntu2.4)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70
gdb
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lunar Not vulnerable
(13.1-2ubuntu2)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

mantic Not vulnerable
(13.2-1ubuntu1)
binutils-avr
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)

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