7.8

CVE-2022-47673: gnu binutils Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-47673DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47673
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 03-10-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-47673 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · -0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Binutils addr2line before 2.39.3, function parse_module contains multiple out of bound reads which may cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.05 pp

From 0.47% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.39.50.20221224-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9 | < 2.34-6ubuntu1.5 | < 2.38-4ubuntu2.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links