VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-19931
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.61%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.61% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/binutils · netapp/vasa provider · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5f60af5d24d181371d67534fa273dd221df20c07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5f60af5d24d181371d67534fa273dd221df20c07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.