NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2022-35206
Published: January 24, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85741
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35206
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A local user can trigger denial of service conditions via function read_and_display_attr_value in file dwarf.c.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-35206
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..