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CVE-2019-9072

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32.

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 70%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.15.5CVSS:3.1/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-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

  • sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24237 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • sourceware.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24232 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • gcc.gnu.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89396 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • support.f5.com /csp/article/K12541829 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/202107-24 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred

Sources

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