Reachable Assertion in Binutils - CVE-2022-35205
Published: December 5, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83858
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2022-35205
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the display_debug_names() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crafted input to the application and crash it.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-35205
Install updates from vendor's website.