Bug 2234004 (CVE-2022-44840) - CVE-2022-44840 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in find_section_in_set() in readelf.c
Summary: CVE-2022-44840 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in find_section_in_set() ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-44840
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2234009 2234010 2234011 2234255 2234256 2234257 2234258 2234259 2234260 2234261 2234262 2234263 2234264 2234265 2234266 2234267 2234268 2234269
Blocks: 2233947
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Reported: 2023-08-23 21:11 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-12-01 00:16 UTC (History)
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A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in binutils in the find_section_in_set function. This flaw allows an attacker to use a specially crafted payload to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in issues with availability, confidentiality, and integrity.
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:11:52 UTC 
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c.

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29732
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-23 21:14:46 UTC 
Created binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234009]


Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234010]


Created mingw-binutils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2234011]
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