{"id":"USN-6381-1","summary":"binutils vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that a memory leak existed in certain GNU binutils\nmodules. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2020-19724, CVE-2020-21490)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly performing bounds\nchecks in several functions, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service,\nexpose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2020-19726, CVE-2021-46174, CVE-2022-45703)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly initializing heap\nmemory when processing certain print instructions. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-35342)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly handling the logic\nbehind certain memory management related operations, which could lead to a\nbuffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-44840)\n\nIt was discovered that GNU binutils was not properly handling the logic\nbehind certain memory management related operations, which could lead to\nan invalid memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-47695)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:19Z","published":"2023-09-18T18:52:10Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19724","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19726","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21490","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35342","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46174","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44840","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45703","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47695"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-19724","CVE-2020-19726","CVE-2020-21490","CVE-2020-35342","CVE-2021-46174","CVE-2022-44840","CVE-2022-45703","CVE-2022-47695","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19724","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19726","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21490","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35342","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46174","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44840","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45703","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47695"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6381-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19724"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19726"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21490"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35342"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46174"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-44840"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45703"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47695"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"binutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3"}]}],"versions":["2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1","2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1","2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1","2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1","2.24-1ubuntu1","2.24-1ubuntu2","2.24-2ubuntu1","2.24-2ubuntu2","2.24-2ubuntu3","2.24-4ubuntu1","2.24-5ubuntu1","2.24-5ubuntu2","2.24-5ubuntu3","2.24-5ubuntu3.1","2.24-5ubuntu13","2.24-5ubuntu14","2.24-5ubuntu14.1","2.24-5ubuntu14.2","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1","2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3","binary_name":"binutils"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3","binary_name":"binutils-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3","binary_name":"binutils-multiarch"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3","binary_name":"binutils-multiarch-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3","binary_name":"binutils-source"},{"binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm3","binary_name":"binutils-static"}],"availability":"Available 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