CVE-2018-19931

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_elf32_swap_phdr_in in elfcode.h because the number of program headers is not restricted.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5f60af5d24d181371d67534fa273dd221df20c07	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html	Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html	Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider:*:*:*:*:*:clustered_data_ontap:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-12-06 23:29

Updated : 2023-03-01 09:14

NVD link : CVE-2018-19931

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19931

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

gnu

binutils

netapp

vasa_provider

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