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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions *

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-2993560
  • published 26 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 26 Aug 2022
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Introduced: 26 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-38533 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 binutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian:11. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file.