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CVE-2022-48065

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48065 is a memory leak vulnerability in GNU Binutils before version 2.40, specifically within the find_abstract_instance function in dwarf2.c, affecting various products including Fedora and NetApp Binutils. It has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 gdb 11.2-5 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 11.2-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19515-16823Fixed in: 11.2-5

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2022-48065Moderate

GNU Binutils before 2.40 was discovered to contain a memory leak vulnerability var the function find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c.

Aug 8, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-48065Low

binutils: memory leak in find_abstract_instance() in dwarf2.c

Dec 21, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLZXZXFX2ZWTDU2QZUSZG36LZZVTKUVG
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KGSKF4GH7425S6XFDQMWTJGD5U47BAZN
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20231006-0008
Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
sourceware.org / git/gitweb.cgi
Broken Link