CVE-2019-14250

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 24, 2019 at 03:30 AM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLeapBinutils

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00056.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00057.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00058.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109354
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90924
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2019-07/msg01003.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-787

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