CVE-2022-48064: fedoraproject fedora

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48064 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

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 bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingThe product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.