Out-of-bounds Write Affecting binutils package, versions <2.33-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINUTILS-5675878
  • published25 Jul 2019
  • disclosed24 Jul 2019

Introduced: 24 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14250  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binutils to version 2.33-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. simple_object_elf_match in simple-object-elf.c does not check for a zero shstrndx value, leading to an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

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