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CVE-2022-44840 json

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

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-47771

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • gnu binutils 2.40
  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.40-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44840

  • binutils Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.34-6ubuntu1.8
  • binutils Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.38-4ubuntu2.5
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44840

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

  • 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 2.41-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13411-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-44840 updated cvss 7.8

binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in find_section_in_set() in readelf.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdb, binutils, gdb-gdbserver
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 binutils, mingw-binutils, mingw32-binutils, mingw64-binutils, gcc-toolset-13-gdb, mingw-binutils-generic, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 binutils, binutils-gold, mingw-binutils, mingw32-binutils, mingw64-binutils, mingw-binutils-generic, +4 more
    affected: no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gdb, gdb-headless, gdb-gdbserver, gcc-toolset-11-gdb, gcc-toolset-12-gdb, gcc-toolset-11-gdb-gdbserver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gdb, gdb-minimal, gdb-headless, gdb-gdbserver, gcc-toolset-12-gdb, gcc-toolset-13-gdb
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceware.org https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

References

Sources

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