CVE-2022-4285

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—

5.5

An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 19.1%
KEV: Not listed

Published

January 27, 2023

Last Modified

March 28, 2025

References (8)

secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768
secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
secalert@redhathttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29699
secalert@redhathttps://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150768
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29699
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5c831a3c7f3ca98d6aba1200353311e1a1f84c70

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	binutils-static (2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm6) @ trusty	2026-05-25	ubuntu
redhat	binutils-0:2.30-113.el8_6.2	2023-11-21	redhat
redhat	binutils-0:2.35.2-42.el9	2023-11-07	redhat
redhat	binutils-0:2.30-119.el8_8.2	2023-11-01	redhat
redhat	devtoolset-12-binutils-0:2.36.1-6.el7	2023-05-23	redhat
redhat	gcc-toolset-12-binutils-0:2.38-17.el8	2023-05-16	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-4285?

CVE-2022-4285 is a medium vulnerability published on January 27, 2023. An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version information may result in a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599.

When was CVE-2022-4285 disclosed?

CVE-2022-4285 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 27, 2023, with the most recent update on March 28, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-4285 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-4285 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 19.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-4285?

CVE-2022-4285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-4285?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-4285, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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