CVE-2022-40923: LIEF vulnerable to denial of service through segmentation fault

October 1, 2022 (updated November 22, 2024)

A vulnerability in the LIEF::MachO::SegmentCommand::virtual_address function of LIEF v0.12.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) through a segmentation fault via a crafted MachO file. A patch is available at commit number 24935f654f6df700a9a062298258b9485f584502.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-rm2x-hgr8-w343
github.com/lief-project/LIEF
github.com/lief-project/LIEF/commit/24935f654f6df700a9a062298258b9485f584502
github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/784
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/lief/PYSEC-2022-43139.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40923

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