CVE-2022-38533
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2022-08-26 00:15:09.317000
Last modified
2026-11-02 23:17:11.497000
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