CVE-2022-38533
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file.
How to fix CVE-2022-38533
To remediate CVE-2022-38533, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/binutils—upgrade to 2.39-r2 or later
- Debian/binutils—no fix listed
Is CVE-2022-38533 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.39-r2
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |