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CVE-2022-4285

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 27, 2023 | Modified: Mar 28, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4285
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
BinutilsGnu2.35 (including)2.39-7 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatgcc-toolset-12-binutils-0:2.38-17.el8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatbinutils-0:2.30-119.el8_8.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatbinutils-0:2.30-119.el8_8.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportRedHatbinutils-0:2.30-113.el8_6.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatbinutils-0:2.35.2-42.el9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatbinutils-0:2.35.2-42.el9*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatdevtoolset-12-binutils-0:2.36.1-6.el7*
BinutilsUbuntujammy*
BinutilsUbuntukinetic*
BinutilsUbuntutrusty*
BinutilsUbuntuupstream*
BinutilsUbuntuxenial*
Binutils-avrUbuntubionic*
Binutils-avrUbuntufocal*
Binutils-avrUbuntukinetic*
Binutils-avrUbuntulunar*
Binutils-avrUbuntumantic*
Binutils-avrUbuntuoracular*
Binutils-avrUbuntuplucky*
Binutils-avrUbuntutrusty*
Binutils-avrUbuntuxenial*
GdbUbuntubionic*
GdbUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
GdbUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
GdbUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
GdbUbuntufocal*
GdbUbuntujammy*
GdbUbuntukinetic*
GdbUbuntutrusty*
GdbUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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