CVE-2019-1010204

MEDIUM

GNU binutils 2.21-2.31.1 and binutils_gold 1.11-1.16 - Denial of Service via Invalid ELF e_shoff Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation, Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is: gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff header field must be opened.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23765
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0001/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0112
EPSS Percentile 61.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-681 CWE-125
Status published
Products (4)
gnu/binutils 2.21 - 2.31.1
gnu/binutils_gold 1.11 - 1.16
netapp/hci_management_node
netapp/solidfire
Published Jul 23, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026