CVE-2019-9077

HIGH

GNU Binutils < 5.1.0 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed MIPS option section.

References (8)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107139

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24243

[Third Party Advisory] https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00056379

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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0029

EPSS Percentile 52.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Affected Products (4)

gnu/binutils

netapp/element_software

canonical/ubuntu_linux

f5/traffix_signaling_delivery_controller < 5.1.0

Timeline

Published Feb 24, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026