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CVE-2022-4285 json

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package.

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-51641

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

Patch / fix

  • gnu binutils 2.39-7
  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.39.50.20221208-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4285

  • gdb Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.2
  • gdb Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2
  • binutils Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.38-4ubuntu2.4
  • gdb Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1
  • gdb Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4285

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gcc-toolset-12-binutils RHEL 8 2.38-17.el8
  • gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold RHEL 8 2.38-17.el8
  • binutils RHEL 9 2.35.2-42.el9
  • binutils-gold RHEL 9 2.35.2-42.el9
  • binutils RHEL 8 2.30-119.el8_8.2
  • devtoolset-12-binutils RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.36.1-6.el7
  • binutils RHEL 8.6 EUS 2.30-113.el8_6.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2873RHSA-2023:7394RHSA-2023:6593RHSA-2023:6236RHSA-2023:3269

  • binutils SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1 +18 more 2.41-150100.7.46.1
  • cross-rx-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.41-150100.7.46.1
  • cross-arm-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.41-150100.7.46.1
  • cross-avr-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.41-150100.7.46.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.41-150100.7.46.1
  • cross-spu-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.41-150100.7.46.1
  • cross-hppa-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.41-150100.7.46.1
  • cross-i386-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.41-150100.7.46.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.40-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12717-1

  • binutils AlmaLinux 9 2.35.2-42.el9
  • binutils-gold AlmaLinux 9 2.35.2-42.el9
  • binutils AlmaLinux 8 2.30-119.el8_8.2
  • gcc-toolset-12-binutils AlmaLinux 8 2.38-17.el8
  • gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold AlmaLinux 8 2.38-17.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:6593ALSA-2023:6236ALSA-2023:2873

  • gcc-toolset-12-binutils Rocky Linux 8 2.38-17.el8
  • binutils Rocky Linux 8 2.30-119.el8_8.2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:2873RLSA-2023:6236

  • binutils CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.37-5

azure linux advisories AZL-13114

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-4285 updated cvss 5.5

binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdb, binutils, gdb-gdbserver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gcc-toolset-11-gdb, gcc-toolset-11-binutils, gcc-toolset-11-gdb-gdbserver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gcc-toolset-12-gdb
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gcc-toolset-12-binutils 2.38-17.el8, gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold 2.38-17.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2873
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) binutils-devel 2.35.2-42.el9, binutils-debuginfo 2.35.2-42.el9, binutils-debugsource 2.35.2-42.el9, binutils-gold-debuginfo 2.35.2-42.el9, cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfo 2.35.2-42.el9, cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginfo 2.35.2-42.el9, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6593
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) binutils-devel 2.30-113.el8_6.2, binutils-debuginfo 2.30-113.el8_6.2, binutils-debugsource 2.30-113.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7394
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) binutils 2.30-119.el8_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6236
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) binutils 2.35.2-42.el9, binutils-gold 2.35.2-42.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6593
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) binutils 2.30-113.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7394
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  • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) devtoolset-12-binutils 2.36.1-6.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) devtoolset-12-binutils 2.36.1-6.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3269
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gcc-toolset-12-gdb, gcc-toolset-13-gdb Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gcc-toolset-13-gdb
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29699 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a binutils

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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