CVE-2019-9073

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 _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables in elf.c.

Category

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

References

Link Tags
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24233 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190314-0003/ third party advisory patch
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37121474 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-24 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9073?
CVE-2019-9073 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-9073?
To fix CVE-2019-9073, 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-2019-9073 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-9073 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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