CVE-2019-17450
MEDIUMGNU Binutils 2.32 - Denial of Service via Crafted ELF File
Title source: llmDescription
find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
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
6.5
EPSS
0.0108
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
gnu/binutils
2.32
opensuse/leap
15.1
opensuse/leap
15.2
Published
Oct 10, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026