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CVE-2022-38533

Publication date 26 August 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 23.10 mantic
Fixed 2.40-2ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2.40-2ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2.39-3ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.4
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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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-5762-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerability
    • 5 December 2022
    • USN-6544-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 11 December 2023

Other references