Is CVE-2022-4285 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-4285 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-4285?

CVE-2022-4285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-4285?

CVE-2022-4285 has an EPSS score of 0.44% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4285?

Upgrade binutils on debian 12 to 2.39.50.20221208-2 or later. Fixes are available for 37 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-4285

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.39.50.20221208-2CVE-2022-4285

binutilsRocky

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutilsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-develRocky

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.30-113.el8_6.2RHSA-2023:7394

Fixed in:0:2.30-119.el8_8.2RHSA-2023:6236

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-goldRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-goldRocky

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-gold-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

binutils-gold-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

cross-binutils-aarch64-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

cross-binutils-ppc64le-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

cross-binutils-ppc64le-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

cross-binutils-s390x-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.35.2-42.el9RHSA-2023:6593

devtoolset-12-binutilsRocky

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7.ppc64RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

devtoolset-12-binutilsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7.ppc64RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

devtoolset-12-binutils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7.ppc64RHSA-2023:3269

devtoolset-12-binutils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7.ppc64RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

devtoolset-12-binutils-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7.ppc64RHSA-2023:3269

devtoolset-12-binutils-develRocky

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7.ppc64RHSA-2023:3269

Fixed in:0:2.36.1-6.el7RHSA-2023:3269

gcc-toolset-12-binutilsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutilsRocky

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-develRocky

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-goldRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-goldRocky

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

gcc-toolset-12-binutils-gold-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.38-17.el8RHSA-2023:2873

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6USN-6544-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.7USN-6544-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.4USN-6544-1

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6USN-6544-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.7USN-6544-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.4USN-6544-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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