CVE-2022-48063

binutils: excessive memory consumption in load_separate_debug_files() in dwarf.c

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Severity

Low

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CVSS

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Published · December 21, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

An excessive memory consumption vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils within the function load_separate_debug_files in dwarf2.c. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker supplying a crafted ELF file, leading to a denial of service attack due to excessive memory usage.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified