CVE-2018-19932

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Integer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.

References (8)

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 61.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-190

Status published

Affected Products (2)

gnu/binutils < 2.31

netapp/vasa_provider

Timeline

Published Dec 07, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026