Is CVE-2022-48063 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-48063 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-48063?

CVE-2022-48063 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-48063?

CVE-2022-48063 has an EPSS score of 0.48% (38th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48063?

Upgrade binutils on debian 12 to 2.40-2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-48063

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain an excessive memory consumption vulnerability via the function load_separate_debug_files at dwarf2.c. The attacker could supply a crafted ELF file and cause a DNS attack.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

binutilsDebian

Fixed in:2.40-2CVE-2022-48063

binutilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5USN-6413-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9USN-6413-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm3USN-6413-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.9USN-6655-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.6USN-6655-1

binutils-multiarchUbuntu

Fixed in:2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm5USN-6413-1

Fixed in:2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm9USN-6413-1

Fixed in:2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9+esm3USN-6413-1

Fixed in:2.34-6ubuntu1.9USN-6655-1

Fixed in:2.38-4ubuntu2.6USN-6655-1

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

0.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

sourceware.org

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.