CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-12972

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '' character.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=890f750a3b053532a4b839a2dd6243076de12031 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24689 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108903 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-06-26 02:15

Updated : 2020-11-02 09:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-12972

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12972

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-125

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