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vulnerabilityCVE-2022-48063
Name
CVE-2022-48063
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
binutils
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


5.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.43.1
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.45.1
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.46.0-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.45.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.46.1
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.42
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


binutils (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
Fix an attempt to allocate an unreasonably large amount of
Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
CVE-2022-48063