Impact: Low Public Date: 2019-02-19 CWE: CWE-400 Bugzilla: 1680672: CVE-2019-9076 binutils: excessive memory allocation in function elf_read_notes 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 elf_read_notes in elf.c.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-9076 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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