CVE-2022-48065

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

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the find abstract instance function in dwarf2.c. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.40, update to version 2.40 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the find abstract instance function in dwarf2.c to minimize the risk of exploitation.