| Name | CVE-2022-38533 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| binutils (PTS) | bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.43.1-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.39.50.20221208-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ef186fe54aa6d281a3ff8a9528417e5cc614c797
binutils not covered by security support