CVE-2022-48063
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 39 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (16)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:vmware_vsphere
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-2165binutils: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in binutils ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder sonstige Auswirkungen zu verursachen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-48063/cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29924cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=75393a2d54bcc40053e5262a3de9d70c5ebfbbfdcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.5436cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29924enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=75393a2d54bcc40053e5262a3de9d70c5ebfbbfdenisa_euvd
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