CVE-2019-12972

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24689 patch exploit third party advisory issue tracking
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=890f750a3b053532a4b839a2dd6243076de12031
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108903 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12972?
CVE-2019-12972 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12972?
To fix CVE-2019-12972, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12972 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12972 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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