CVE-2019-14250

MEDIUM

GNU Binutils - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Zero shstrndx Value in simple_object_elf_match

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90924
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2019-07/msg01003.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109354
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00056.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00057.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4326-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00058.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.0%
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-190 CWE-787
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
gnu/binutils 2.32
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
opensuse/leap 15.2
Published Jul 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026