What is CVE-2022-35205?

CVE-2022-35205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-35205?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GNU Binutils

CVE-2022-35205

An issue was discovered in Binutils readelf 2.38.50, reachable assertion failure in function display_debug_names allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Published 2023-08-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

GNU Binutils — versions 2.38.50

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0010/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35205?: CVE-2022-35205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-35205?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.