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CVE-2018-19931

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00307
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

3
gnu binutils<= 2.31
netapp vasa provider>= 7.2
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD07 Dec 2018 · 07:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

8
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10651-1
usnUSN-4336-2
usnUSN-4336-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:2432-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:2415-1
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.htmlBroken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/PatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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