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CVE-2022-44840

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Date: August 21, 2023

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

Language: C

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Related Resources (4)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-44840
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44840
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-44840

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

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Upgrade to version binutils-2_40

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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