Description
An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils through 2.31. There is an integer overflow and infinite loop caused by the IS_CONTAINED_BY_LMA macro in elf.c.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 5.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00008.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0004/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23932Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=beab453223769279cc1cef68a1622ab8978641f7
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 7, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified