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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BINUTILS-532013
  • published30 Jul 2019
  • disclosed30 Jul 2019

Introduced: 30 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14444  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1