CVE-2022-48063

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.

CVSS v3.1

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 41th percentile

Published

2023-08-22

Updated

2024-10-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29924

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-4806
• CVE-2022-48064
• CVE-2022-4805
• CVE-2022-48065
• CVE-2022-4803
• CVE-2022-4807