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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-9074

It is an out-of-bounds read leading to a SEGV in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c, when called from pex64_get_runtime_function in pei-x86_64.c.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.56%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.56%). 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 out-of-bounds read leading to a SEGV in bfd_getl32 in libbfd.c, when called from pex64_get_runtime_function in pei-x86_64.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
1.56% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
gnu/binutils · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

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