Impact: Low Public Date: 2019-07-25 CWE: CWE-190 Bugzilla: 1740469: CVE-2019-14444 binutils: integer overflow in function apply_relocation in readelf.c apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-14444 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | binutils | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | binutils | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | binutils | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | binutils | Under investigation |
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