Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions <2.39.50.20221208-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINUTILS-2993562
  • published26 Aug 2022
  • disclosed26 Aug 2022

Introduced: 26 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-38533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binutils to version 2.39.50.20221208-2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

CVSS Scores

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