CVE-2019-9076

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 24, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:43 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsBinutilsElement Software Management

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in elf_read_notes in elf.c.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24238
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K44650639

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-770

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