CVE-2022-47008 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered function make_tempdir, and make_tempname in bucomm.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.

Published: 2023-08-22

Score: 5.5 Medium

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
Ubuntu USN	USN-6413-1	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 None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00014.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47008
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29255%20
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47008

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 9e-05}`	epss `{'score': 0.00014}`

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

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

Subscriptions

Gnu Binutils

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-10-03T14:13:47.397Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-47008

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:47:28.474Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-22T19:16:30.350

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:31:24.180

Link: CVE-2022-47008

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-06-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-47008 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses

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