PT-2022-24221 · Gnu · Binutils

Published 2022-09-01 · Updated 2022-11-10 · CVE-2022-38128

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions binutils (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an infinite loop that may be triggered in the display debug abbrev() function in binutils/dwarf.c when opening a crafted ELF file. This could lead to a denial of service by a local attacker.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-38128

Affected Products

Binutils

References · 6

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29370 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38128 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38128 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38128 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38128 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/35614 · Telegram Post