CVE-2022-48063

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.6
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.9
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5

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Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
binutils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6413-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 4 October 2023
    • USN-6655-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 26 February 2024

Other references