Bug 2124569 (CVE-2022-38533) - CVE-2022-38533 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_getl32() when called by strip_main() in objcopy.c via a crafted file
Summary: CVE-2022-38533 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_getl32() when call...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-38533
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2124579 2124580 2124645 2124646 2124647 2124648 2124649 2124650 2124651 2124652 2124653 2124654 2124655
Blocks: 2122689
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Reported: 2022-09-06 14:06 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2024-10-01 08:28 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: binutils 2.40
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A vulnerability was found in the strip utility of binutils. An attacker able to convince a victim to process a specially crafted COFF file by the strip utility can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the utility to crash.
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-09-06 14:06:34 UTC 
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.

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29482
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-09-06 14:22:26 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2124579]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2124580]
Comment 3 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-09-06 19:01:08 UTC 
Upstream patch:
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ef186fe54aa6d281a3ff8a9528417e5cc614c797
Comment 4 Nick Clifton 2022-09-07 11:46:44 UTC 
Removing the Security flag because the problem is only triggered if the user is tricked into attempting to strip a corrupt COFF format file (a format not used by RHEL or Fedora), and all that happens is that the strip fails to complete.
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