Impact: Low Public Date: 2019-02-19 CWE: CWE-789 Bugzilla: 1680660: CVE-2019-9072 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function setup_group in elf.c 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 setup_group in elf.c.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-9072 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 | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| 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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