CVE-2022-48063

Published Aug 22, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

Description: GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-400

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "07F200C4-64B2-46FE-9987-42ED7E94C380",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.40"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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