Integer overflow in Binutils - CVE-2019-17451
Published: January 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24445
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17451
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Binutils
Binutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line() function in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd). A remote attacker can #CONDITION2#, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17451
Install updates from vendor's website.