#VU76453 NULL pointer dereference in Binutils - CVE-2022-4285

Vulnerability identifier: #VU76453

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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-2022-4285

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Binutils: 2.35 - 2.39

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External links
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29699
http://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.