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CVE-2018-19932

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31.

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.99% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

  • security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/106144 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • sourceware.org /git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201908-01 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4336-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

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