CVE-2019-17450

medium

Description

find_abstract_instance in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

References

Advisories
More

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.html

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-10

Updated: 2023-02-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H