CVE-2019-17450

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-674

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00078.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-39Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191024-0002/Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25078Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 10, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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