# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** AZL-28054, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47010, GHSA-5m92-7xmp-8c44, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47010

## 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 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47010?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gnu Binutils.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-47010?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [CVE-2017-7614](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7614/): Null dereference in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-9939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9939/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-7226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7226/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-6969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6969/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-19726](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19726/): Denial of service in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-47010 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47010 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Gnu Binutils. 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-2022-47010/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47010/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47010
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47010
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-47010

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47010/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.