Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting lief package, versions [,0.12.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-LIEF-3124994
  • published18 Nov 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2022
  • creditJeasonTom

Introduced: 18 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-43171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lief to version 0.12.3 or higher.

Overview

lief is a LIEF - Library to Instrument Executable Formats.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the LIEF::MachO::BinaryParser::parse_dyldinfo_generic_bind which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted MachO file.

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