CVE-2019-1010204

binutils: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read in gold/fileread.cc and elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h leads to denial of service

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be opened.

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) está afectado por: Validación incorrecta de entrada, comparación firmada / sin firmar, lectura fuera de límites. El impacto es: Denegación de servicio. El componente es: gold / fileread.cc: 497, elfcpp / elfcpp_file.h: 644. El vector de ataque es: Se debe abrir un archivo ELF con un campo de encabezado e_shoff no válido.

The binutils packages provide a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. It includes the ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, strip, and addr2line utilities. Issues addressed include denial of service, integer overflow, and out of bounds read vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-03-20 CVE Reserved
2019-07-23 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-681: Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0001	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23765	Issue Tracking
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05032915?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1010204	2020-04-28
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1735604	2020-04-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Binutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils"				>= 2.21 <= 2.31.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" and version " >= 2.21 <= 2.31.1"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Binutils Gold Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils Gold"				>= 1.11 <= 1.16 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils Gold" and version " >= 1.11 <= 1.16"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Hci Management Node Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Hci Management Node"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Solidfire Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Solidfire"				-		-		Affected