CVE-2022-44840

2023-08-2200:00:00

ubuntu.com

cve-2022-44840

vulnerability

binutils

readelf

buffer overflow

find_section_in_set

sourceware

bugzilla

seth-arnold

launchpad

untrusted inputs

unix

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.5%

JSON

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via
function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c.

Bugs

<https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732>

Notes

Author	Note
seth-arnold	binutils isn’t safe for untrusted inputs.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchbinutils< 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchbinutils< 2.34-6ubuntu1.8UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchbinutils< 2.38-4ubuntu2.5UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchbinutils< 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchbinutils< 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.34-6ubuntu1.8	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.38-4ubuntu2.5	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7	UNKNOWN