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CVE-2022-38533

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-38533 is a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability in GNU Binutils before version 2.40, specifically within the bfd_getl32 function when called from strip_main, affecting products like Fedora and GNU Binutils. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) via a crafted file, leading to potential high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
keraspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17988-16820Fixed in: 2.36.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18639-16823Fixed in: 2.37-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 binutils 2.36.1-3 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 2.36.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 binutils 2.37-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 2.37-4
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: binutils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: gcc-toolset-12-binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gcc-toolset-10-binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gcc-toolset-11-binutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gcc-toolset-12-binutils

Vendor Advisories (4)

denollm-deno-650ac71876afb4f8CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
kerasllm-keras-d13bbd8768a57997CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
redhatCVE-2022-38533Low

binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_getl32() when called by strip_main() in objcopy.c via a crafted file

Aug 13, 2022
microsoft2022-Aug/CVE-2022-38533Moderate

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.

Aug 9, 2022

References

github.com / bminor/binutils-gdb/commit/45d92439aebd0386ef8af76e1796d08cfe457e1d
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AKZ2DTS3ATVN5PANNVLKLE5OP4OF25Q
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MTEHT3G6YKJ7F7MSGWYSI4UM3XBAYXZ
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202309-15
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20221104-0007
Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
sourceware.org / git/gitweb.cgi