PT-2022-6961 · Gnu+6 · Binutils+6

Published 2022-10-30 · Updated 2025-01-28 · CVE-2022-44840

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions binutils versions prior to 2.40

Description The issue is related to a heap buffer overflow in the readelf component of GNU Binutils, specifically in the find section in set() function within the readelf.c file. This occurs when processing ELF files. Exploitation of this issue could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For binutils versions prior to 2.40, update to version 2.40 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the find section in set() function in readelf.c until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-9331

BDU:2023-05852

CVE-2022-44840

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3825-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13411-1

ROSA-SA-2025-2645

SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1

USN-6381-1

USN-6581-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Binutils

References · 80

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47007 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6381-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44840 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6381-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2025-0422SE111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6581-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2022-44840 · Vendor Advisory