CVE-2019-9072

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is an attempted excessive memory allocation in setup_group in elf.c.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.28%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24237 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24232 issue tracking third party advisory
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89396 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/ third party advisory patch
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12541829 third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9072?
CVE-2019-9072 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-9072?
To fix CVE-2019-9072, 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-2019-9072 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-9072 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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