VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-9073
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.10%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c.
- 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
- 1.10% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- gnu/binutils · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24233Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37121474Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24233Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37121474Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.