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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2022-45703

CVE-2022-45703

HIGH7.8

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2

Published Aug 22, 2023

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0003/

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29799

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45703

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 22, 2023

ModifiedOct 3, 2024

CVE-2022-45703 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence