5.5

CVE-2022-48063: gnu binutils Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48063DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48063
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 03-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48063 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13411-1SUSE-SU-2023:3695-1SUSE-SU-2023:3825-1USN-6413-1USN-6655-1

Timeline

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

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 0.50% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

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< 2.40-2
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutils< 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5 | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9 | < 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm3 | < 2.34-6ubuntu1.9 | < 2.38-4ubuntu2.6

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links