CVE-2022-47696 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Binutils objdump via the compare_symbols function, affecting developers and system administrators using this tool.

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-2022-47696?

CVE-2022-47696 is a high-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 Binutils objdump before 2.39.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via function compare_symbols.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnu Binutils.

How do I fix CVE-2022-47696?

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-2022-47696 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-47696 exists.

All Gnu Binutils vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-28503, AZL-28504, AZL-34635, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47696, GHSA-3wf8-8777-h28j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47696.

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