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Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting binutils package, versions <2.32.51.20190813-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (45th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
4.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-532013
  • published 30 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 30 Jul 2019
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Introduced: 30 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14444 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 binutils to version 2.32.51.20190813-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

apply_relocations in readelf.c in GNU Binutils 2.32 contains an integer overflow that allows attackers to trigger a write access violation (in byte_put_little_endian function in elfcomm.c) via an ELF file, as demonstrated by readelf.