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: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:48.878Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-12972

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:16:49.560

Link: CVE-2019-12972

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2019-12972 - Bugzilla

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