#VU69913 Heap-based buffer overflow in Gnu - CVE-2022-38533 

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#VU69913 Heap-based buffer overflow in Gnu - CVE-2022-38533

Published: December 5, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69913
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38533
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gnu
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the bfd_getl32() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to process a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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