What is CVE-2022-45703?

CVE-2022-45703 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-45703?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in GNU Binutils

CVE-2022-45703

Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function display_debug_section in file readelf.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000

Affected products

GNU Binutils

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0003/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45703?: CVE-2022-45703 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-45703?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.