CVE-2019-12972
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Gnu Binutils
PublishedJun 26, 2019
First seenJun 26, 2019
How to fix
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Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gnu binutils | 2.32 | — |
| opensuse leap | 15.1, 15.2 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | — |
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