PT-2022-25621 · Lief · Lief

Bladchan · Published 2022-09-30 · Updated 2025-05-20 · CVE-2022-40923

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LIEF version 0.12.1

Description A vulnerability in the LIEF::MachO::SegmentCommand::virtual address function allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) through a segmentation fault via a crafted MachO file.

Recommendations For LIEF version 0.12.1, update to a version that includes the fix available at commit number 24935f654f6df700a9a062298258b9485f584502. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the LIEF::MachO::SegmentCommand::virtual address function until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-40923

GHSA-RM2X-HGR8-W343

PYSEC-2022-43139

Affected Products

Lief

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/784 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40923 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40923 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rm2x-hgr8-w343 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-43139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF · Note
• https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/commit/24935f654f6df700a9a062298258b9485f584502 · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/lief/PYSEC-2022-43139.yaml · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/123069 · Telegram Post