{"action":"Upgrade binutils to 2.40-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.40-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"binutils","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.40-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5NH1A2AZK2EJ0894R9K5B4Y","modified_at":"2026-11-03T08:03:56.109504317Z","published_at":"2023-08-22T19:16:30.010Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44840","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44840"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44840","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44840"}],"summary":"Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c."}