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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-38533 json

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 s…

published 2022-08-25 4 y ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago also EUVD-2022-41112

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • binutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.39.50.20221208-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38533

  • binutils Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.8
  • binutils Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.34-6ubuntu1.4
  • binutils Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.38-4ubuntu2.1
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6
  • binutils Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38533

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • binutils SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 2.39-9.50.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.39-9.50.1
  • cross-spu-binutils SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.39-9.50.1
  • binutils SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS +20 more 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-rx-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-arm-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-avr-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1
  • cross-ppc-binutils openSUSE Leap 15.4, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.39-150100.7.40.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4277-1SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.39-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12631-1

  • binutils Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 2.39-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-38533

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • binutils CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.37-4

azure linux advisories AZL-10714

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-38533 updated cvss 5.5

binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_getl32() when called by strip_main() in objcopy.c via a crafted file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 binutils, gcc-toolset-10-binutils, gcc-toolset-11-binutils, gcc-toolset-12-binutils, gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not process untrusted files with the strip utility.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 binutils, binutils-gold, gcc-toolset-12-binutils, gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Do not process untrusted files with the strip utility.”
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9
    under investigation

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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