CVE-2022-44840

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions binutils versions prior to 2.40

Description The issue is related to a heap buffer overflow in the readelf component of GNU Binutils, specifically in the find section in set() function within the readelf.c file. This occurs when processing ELF files. Exploitation of this issue could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For binutils versions prior to 2.40, update to version 2.40 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the find section in set() function in readelf.c until a patch is available.