CVE-2022-44840

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
binutils 23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.38-4ubuntu2.5
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.34-6ubuntu1.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm7
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3

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Notes

seth-arnold

binutils isn't safe for untrusted inputs.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
binutils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6381-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 18 September 2023
    • USN-6581-1
    • GNU binutils vulnerabilities
    • 15 January 2024

Other references