CVE-2022-47010 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via memory leaks in Binutils, affecting developers and systems processing untrusted binaries.
- 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-2022-47010?
CVE-2022-47010 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 22 Aug 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 issue was discovered function pr_function_type in prdbg.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47010?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Binutils.
How do I fix CVE-2022-47010?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-47010 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47010 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Binutils
Sources
Also known as AZL-28054, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47010, GHSA-5m92-7xmp-8c44, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47010.