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CVE-2022-48063
Component Overview
Vulnerability Overview
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.
CWEs
CWE-400
Published Date
Aug 22, 2023
Updated Date
Jun 17, 2026
Workaround
-
Advisories
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29924
Exploit
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29924
Exploit
Analysis
#
Affected Component
Analysis
binutils
Patched
Vulnerability Ratings
#
5.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other
Others affected components
#
Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
binutils
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.43.1
Not Affected
binutils
buildroot
master
2.45.1
Not Affected
binutils
openwrt
master
2.46.0-r1
Not Affected
binutils
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.45.1-r1
Not Affected
binutils
yocto
master
2.46.1
Not Affected
binutils
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