CVE-2022-44840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c.

Published: 2023-08-22

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47771	Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6381-1	GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-6581-1	GNU binutils vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44840
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44840

History

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gnu Binutils

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-03T14:15:33.642Z

Reserved: 2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:01:31.212Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-22T19:16:30.010

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:28:29.847

Link: CVE-2022-44840

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-44840 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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