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CVE-2018-19931
Published:December 07, 2018
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (12)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19931
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=5f60af5d24d181371d67534fa273dd221df20c07
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19931
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23942
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=5f60af5d24d181371d67534fa273dd221df20c07
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19931
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
EPSS
Base Score:
0.32