CVE-2022-38126 - Reachable Assertion

Severity

55%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

60%

Assertion fail in the display_debug_names() function in binutils/dwarf.c may lead to program crash and denial of service.

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Demo Examples

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

In the excerpt below, an AssertionError (an unchecked exception) is thrown if the user hasn't entered an email address in an HTML form.


               
assert email != null;

Overview

First reported 2 years ago

2022-09-01 21:15:00

Last updated 2 years ago

2022-11-10 22:15:00

Affected Software

GNU Binutils

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29289

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29289

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