CVE-2019-17451
binutils: integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an integer overflow leading to a SEGV in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line in dwarf2.c, as demonstrated by nm.
Se detectó un problema en la biblioteca Binary File Descriptor (BFD) (también se conoce como libbfd), distribuida en GNU Binutils versión 2.32. Es un desbordamiento de enteros conllevando a un SEGV en la función _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line en el archivo dwarf2.c, como es demostrado por nm.
USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2019-10-10 CVE Reserved
- 2019-10-10 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CAPEC
References (9)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=336bfbeb1848f4b9558456fdcf283ee8a32d7fd1 | X_refsource_misc |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25070 | 2024-08-05 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17451 | 2020-04-28 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1771668 | 2020-04-28 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Binutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" | 2.32 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Binutils" and version "2.32" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.2" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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