CVE-2022-48065

Summary

CVE-2022-48065 is a memory leak vulnerability affecting GNU Binutils before version 2.40. The issue resides in the function "find_abstract_instance" within the file "dwarf2.c". This flaw can result in the allocation of memory without proper deallocation, leading to a potential denial of service or even arbitrary code execution if an attacker is able to manipulate the affected system to exhaust its memory resources. System administrators and developers are advised to update to the latest version of GNU Binutils to mitigate this vulnerability.

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