CVE-2022-4285 Null dereference in binutils
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4285 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-4285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 27 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4285/index.md)
An attacker can cause a denial of service in binutils by providing a crafted ELF file with corrupt symbol version information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-4285?
CVE-2022-4285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 27 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4285?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
binutils AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
binutils-devel AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.38-17.el8 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.38-17.el8 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.38-17.el8 |
binutils AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-devel AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-gold AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
binutils-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
binutils-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.38-17.el8 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.38-17.el8 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.38-17.el8 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.38-17.el8 |
gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.38-17.el8 |
binutils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
binutils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
binutils-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | All versions | 0:2.30-119.el8_8.2 |
binutils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-gold-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
cross-binutils-ppc64le-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-gold Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-gold-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
cross-binutils-ppc64le-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | All versions | 0:2.35.2-42.el9 |
binutils-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | All versions | 0:2.30-113.el8_6.2 |
binutils-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | All versions | 0:2.30-113.el8_6.2 |
binutils-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | All versions | 0:2.30-113.el8_6.2 |
binutils Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:2.30-113.el8_6.2 |
binutils-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:2.30-113.el8_6.2 |
binutils-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos | All versions | 0:2.30-113.el8_6.2 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Binutils, Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4285?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-4285 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as ALSA-2023:2873, ALSA-2023:6236, ALSA-2023:6593, AZL-13114, BELL-CVE-2022-4285, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4285 and 9 more.