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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.49% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-BINUTILS-17992897
  • published16 Jul 2026
  • 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 Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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