CVE-2022-47696

Exp

An issue was discovered Binutils objdump before 2.39.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via function compare_symbols.

Published: 2023-08-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-47696 is rated Exploit Available (57.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-47696

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-47696

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.40% +0.39%
2 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.02% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 0.05%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-47696

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-47696

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-47696

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2022-47696: 1 source package rows (binutils); 29 state rows across 6 repos (3.17-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 29. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-47696
debian unimportant CVE-2022-47696 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (binutils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-47696
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-47696
suse high CVE-2022-47696 severity important: SUSE including 343 source package names (0.23.1-12.3:binutils-2.41-150100.7.46.1, 0.23.1-12.3:libctf-nobfd0-2.41-150100.7.46.1, …), 1149 product×package rows across 266 product lines (Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, Container bci/gcc, … (266 product lines)): Fixed 878, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 40. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-47696/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-47696 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (binutils), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47696

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-47696

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu binutils < 2.39.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-47696

URL Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29677 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence