CVE-2019-12972
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-12972
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2019-06-26T14:15:10
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-03-01T18:01:27
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.3
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 5.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=890f750a3b053532a4b839a2dd6243076de12031 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24689 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108903 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12972 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12972 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:21:15 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 22:28:06 | 2019-06-26T14:15Z | 2019-06-26T14:15:10 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 22:28:07 | 2020-11-02T21:15:17 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 22:28:07 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-01-26 18:08:31 | Modified | Undergoing Analysis | Vulnerability Status | updated |
| 2023-03-01 19:08:37 | 2023-03-01T18:01:27 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-03-01 19:08:37 | Undergoing Analysis | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |