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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-14250

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.32% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-787
Affected
gnu/binutils · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.