MediumFix available
binutils — security advisory
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.
- Products
- binutils
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.39.50.20221208-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-38533
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38533
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.39.50.20221208-2
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.39.50.20221208-2
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.39.50.20221208-2
Complete source record
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