CVE-2022-48063 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause excessive memory consumption and denial of service in GNU Binutils by supplying a crafted ELF file.
- 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-2022-48063?
CVE-2022-48063 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48063?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Binutils.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48063?
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-2022-48063 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48063 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Binutils
Sources
Also known as AZL-28051, BELL-CVE-2022-48063, CLSA-2023-1699380309, CLSA-2023-1699380962, CLSA-2026-1778660100, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48063 and 2 more.