What is CVE-2022-47008?

CVE-2022-47008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-47008?

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

Is CVE-2022-47008 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in GNU Binutils

CVE-2022-47008

An issue was discovered function make_tempdir, and make_tempname in bucomm.c in Binutils 2.34 thru 2.38, allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory leaks.

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 (31.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-47008?: CVE-2022-47008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Binutils, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-47008?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-47008 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.