Security advisory

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  "id": "8e096aae5c6ec534129586e67d590604ba49394c77e386e7c9b19ccdb2b9341a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48064",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-48064",
    "summary": "GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line_with_alt at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-48064",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-48064",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-48064"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "32778522c7d8777803c88684b8e428ee729f0b22"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          "versions": [
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            "gdb-12-branchpoint",
            "gdb-11-branchpoint",
            "gdb-10-branchpoint",
            "gdb-9-branchpoint",
            "gdb-8.3-branchpoint",
            "users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2018q4",
            "users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2018q4",
            "gdb-8.2-branchpoint",
            "gdb-8.1-branchpoint",
            "users/ARM/embedded-gdb-master-2017q4",
            "users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2017q4",
            "gdb-8.0-branchpoint",
            "users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4",
            "gdb-7.12-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.11-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.10-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.9-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.8-branchpoint",
            "gdb-7.7-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_6-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_5-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_4-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_3-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_2-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_1-branchpoint",
            "gdb_7_0-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_8-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_7-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_6-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_5-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_4-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_3-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_2-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_1-branchpoint",
            "gdb_6_0-branchpoint",
            "gdb_5_3-branchpoint",
            "gdb_5_2-branchpoint",
            "gdb-4_18-branchpoint"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.281647686Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=8f2c64de86bc3d7556121fe296dd679000283931",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48064.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3XKYUAIORNQ32IZUOZFURECZKEXOHX7Z/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KGSKF4GH7425S6XFDQMWTJGD5U47BAZN/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NSUNHSOWWLLNGHRM5TUBNCJHEYHPDX2M/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48064",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0008/",
        "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29922"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "2.40"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "DESCRIPTION"
              }
            ]
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        ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-48064",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493030,
  "published_at": "2023-08-22T00:00:00+00:00"
}