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Unscored USN-6655-1 3 CVEs

binutils vulnerabilities

Published Feb 26, 2024 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly handling the logic
behind certain memory management related operations, which could lead to
an invalid memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-47695)

It was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds
checks when dealing with memory allocation operations, which could lead
to excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48063)

It was discovered that GNU binutils incorrectly handled memory management
operations in several of its functions, which could lead to excessive
memory consumption due to memory leaks. An attacker could possibly use
these issues to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48065)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS binutils 2.34-6ubuntu1.9
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS binutils 2.38-4ubuntu2.6

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47695
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48063
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48065