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CVE-2022-4285 Detail

Description

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29699 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29699 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-4285
NVD Published Date:
01/27/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.