OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Binutils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44840
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44840

History

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-10-03T14:15:33.642Z

Reserved: 2022-11-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-44840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:01:31.212Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-08-22T19:16:30.010

Modified: 2023-08-26T02:14:18.737

Link: CVE-2022-44840

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-44840 - Bugzilla

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