#VU83860 Memory leak in Binutils - CVE-2022-47008 

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#VU83860 Memory leak in Binutils - CVE-2022-47008

Published: December 5, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83860
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-2022-47008
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the make_tempdir() and make_tempname() function in bucomm.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crafted data to the application and and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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