Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-02-20 CWE: CWE-122 Bugzilla: 1680675: CVE-2019-9077 binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in function process_mips_specific in readelf.c An issue was discovered in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in process_mips_specific in readelf.c via a malformed MIPS option section.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-9077 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 | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| 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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