vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2022-4285: binutils: NULL pointer dereference in _bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string leads to segfault (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 27, 2023 | May 17, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 27, 2023
Added
May 17, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-binutilsredhat-upgrade-binutils-debuginforedhat-upgrade-binutils-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-binutils-develredhat-upgrade-binutils-goldredhat-upgrade-binutils-gold-debuginforedhat-upgrade-cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginforedhat-upgrade-cross-binutils-ppc64le-debuginforedhat-upgrade-cross-binutils-s390x-debuginforedhat-upgrade-gcc-toolset-12-binutilsredhat-upgrade-gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginforedhat-upgrade-gcc-toolset-12-binutils-develredhat-upgrade-gcc-toolset-12-binutils-goldredhat-upgrade-gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfo
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