#VU18958 Out-of-bounds read in Binutils - CVE-2019-12972

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#VU18958 Out-of-bounds read in Binutils - CVE-2019-12972

Published: July 2, 2019 / Updated: March 23, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18958
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12972
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Binutils
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read condition within the "_bfd_doprnt" function in the "bfd.c" file in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library. A local attacker can pass a malformed ELF binary to the affected application and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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