Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
Published: 2019-06-26
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-4547 An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in _bfd_doprnt in bfd.c because elf_object_p in elfcode.h mishandles an e_shstrndx section of type SHT_GROUP by omitting a trailing '\0' character.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-1 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4336-2 GNU binutils vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Gnu Binutils
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:41:09.210Z

Reserved: 2019-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12972

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-26T14:15:10.043

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:23:55.660

Link: CVE-2019-12972

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-12972 - Bugzilla

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