Denial of Service Vulnerability in Binutils Objdump by Sourceware
CVE-2022-47696

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Binutils
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 August 2023

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in Binutils objdump versions prior to 2.39.3, which allows attackers to exploit the function compare_symbols. This exploitation can lead to denial of service or other unspecified impacts, potentially disrupting services that rely on this tool.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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